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Congress, the Legislative Process, and the Fundamentals of Lawmaking Series
How the House and Senate Establish Policy, Make Law, and Reconcile Differences
Nine Courses

With Chris Davis

This nine-session course gives you a comprehensive look at the organization and practices of the U.S. Congress. Learn about the procedures of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from the introduction and referral of legislation to reconciling differences between House-passed and Senate-passed legislation.

  • Course 1: Introduction and Referral in the House and Senate

  • Course 2: Committee Action

  • Course 3: House Floor Procedures

  • Course 4: House Rules Committee

  • Course 5: The Committee of the Whole

  • Course 6: Senate Scheduling

  • Course 7: Senate Floor Procedures

  • Course 8: Amending Legislation on the Senate Floor

  • Course 9: Reconciling Differences Between House-Passed and Senate-Passed Legislation 

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Buy all nine (9) Capitol Learning Audio Courses on audio CD.  Total run time: 851 minutes; 1 CD.  MP3 format, includes course materials in PDF, on 1 CD, FREE copy of "Congressional Procedure" Training Edition, FREE copy of "Congressional Deskbook" Training Edition, and  FREE copy of "Congressional Operations Poster", and FREE shipping in the US.

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Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1587331241
Total run time: 851 minutes    1241
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Course 1:
Introduction and Referral in the House and Senate
Introduction and Referral in the House and Senate, Capitol Learning Audio Course

 
  • Four types of legislation
  • Who can introduce measures and when they can be introduced
  • Referral: Rule X in the House and Rule XXV in the Senate
  • Role of the Speaker of the House and the presiding officer of the Senate in referral

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Course 1 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1-58733-123-3   Total run time: 93 minutes    1233
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Course 2:
Committee Action
Committee Action, Capitol Learning Audio Course
  • Committee hearings-four types: legislative, investigative, oversight, and confirmation
  • Notice, scheduling, and quorums
  • Committee markup, markup vehicle, committee print, chairman's mark
  • Amendment procedure
  • Reporting


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Course 2 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1-58733-122-5   Total run time: 98 minutes    1225
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Course 3:
House Floor Procedures
House Floor Procedures, Capitol Learning Audio Course

 
  • House calendars: Legislative, Union, Discharge, and Private
  • How measures get to the floor
  • Methods of consideration
    • Unanimous consent
    • Suspension of the rules
    • Private calendar
    • Special rule


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Course 3 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1-58733-121-7   Total run time: 96 minutes    1217
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House Rules Committee
House Rules Committee, Capitol Learning Audio Course

 
  • History of the Rules Committee, its power, and its role in recent Congresses
  • How resolutions or "rules" granted by the Rules Committee structure floor debate and amendment opportunities
  • Open, modified, and closed rules
  • Procedures that govern floor consideration of the "rule"

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Course 4 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1-58733-120-9   Total run time: 90 minutes    1209
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Course 5:
The Committee of the Whole
The Committee of the Whole, Capitol Learning Audio Course

 
  • What is it
  • General debate
  • Amendment process
    • Committee amendments
    • The "5 minute rule"
    • Amendment Tree
    • Ending the amendment process


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Course 5 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1-58733-119-5   Total run time: 93 minutes    1195
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Course 6:
Senate Scheduling
Senate Scheduling, Capitol Learning Audio Course
 
  • Rules and custom; priority of recognition
  • Legislative and calendar days
  • Morning Hour and Morning Business
  • Two calendars: Legislative and Executive
  • Bringing motions to the floor
    • Unanimous consent
    • Time agreements
    • Motion to proceed

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Course 6 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1-58733-118-7   Total run time: 96 minutes    1187
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Course 7:
Senate Floor Procedures
Senate Floor Procedures, Capitol Learning Audio Course

 
  • Sequence of floor procedures that occurs after a bill has been scheduled and called up for consideration on the floor
  • Importance of the floor manager's role
  • Rules pertaining to filibusters, cloture, and post-cloture filibusters
  • Voting procedures, motions to table, reconsider, and recommit

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Course 7 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1-58733-117-9   Total run time: 93 minutes    1179
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Course 8:
Amending Legislation on the Senate Floor
Amending Legislation on the Senate Floor, Capitol Learning Audio Course

 
  • The amendment process
  • Different types, classes, and degrees of amendments
  • Modification, withdrawal, and disposition of amendments
  • Sequence of voting

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Course 8 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1-58733-116-0   Total run time: 98 minutes    1160
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Course 9:
Reconciling Differences Between House-Passed and Senate-Passed Legislation
Reconciling Differences Between House-Passed and Senate-Passed Legislation, Capitol Learning Audio Course

 
  • Amendments between the houses
  • Conference Committees
    • Selection of conferees
    • Motion to instruct conferees
    • Authority of conferees
    • Conference report and joint explanatory statement

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Course 9 Recorded 2008   ISBN 10: 1-58733-115-2   Total run time: 104 minutes    1152
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