Congressional Reform: Hearing Before the Committee on Rules and Joint Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process and Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House of the Committee on Rules, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, on Building Change : Preparing for the 105th Congress, July 17, 24, and September 5, 12, 1996U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 - 334 Seiten |
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103rd Congress 104th Congress Agree Disagree amendments American Appropriations BEILENSON believe Ben Cardin bill bipartisan budget campaign finance reform Chair Chairman Chris Shays colleagues Congressional Record constitutional Corrections Day David Dreier David Minge decorum in debate Democrats district DREIER enforcement Ethics Committee going Goss gress hearing House floor House of Representatives House rules idea important institution issue jurisdiction leadership legislation LINDER lobbyists look majority Members of Congress ment minority members disagreed minority members Totals mittee MOAKLEY one-minute oversight partisan partisanship party percent Porter Goss prepared statement President problem procedure proposal PRYCE ranking minority member recommendations REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Republican require resolution responsibility Rule XIV rules changes Rules Committee schedule Scott Klug Senate session SHAYS Solomon Speaker staff subcommittee suggest talk task force term limits Thank things tion tisan Washington week Words Taken
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Seite 35 - ... (2) eliminating duplication and overlapping of services, activities, and functions; (3) consolidating services, activities, and functions of a similar nature; (4) abolishing services, activities, and functions not necessary to the efficient conduct of government; (5) eliminating nonessential services, functions, and activities which are competitive with private enterprise...
Seite 118 - DEBATE. 1. When any member desires to speak or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise and respectfully address himself to "Mr. Speaker," and, on being recognized, may address the House from any place on the floor or from the Clerk's desk, and shall confine himself to the question under debate, avoiding personality. 2. When two or more members rise at once, the Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak ; and no member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the...
Seite 122 - If any member in speaking, or otherwise, transgress the rules of the house, the speaker shall, or any member may, call him to order, in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the house shall, if appealed to. decide the case without debate; if there be no appeal, then the decision of the chair shall be submitted to.
Seite 122 - ... member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the house shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal the decision of the chair shall be submitted to.
Seite 125 - If a member is called to order for words spoken in debate, the member calling him to order shall indicate the words excepted to, and they shall be taken down in writing at the Clerk's desk and read aloud to the House; but he shall not be held to answer, nor be subject to the censure of the House therefor, if further debate or other business has intervened.
Seite 123 - Journal of the proceedings of the last day's sitting to be read, having previously examined and approved the same. 2. He shall preserve order and decorum, and in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries, or in the lobby, may cause the same to be cleared.
Seite 51 - Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: "6.
Seite 127 - A Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives.
Seite 221 - With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion to report any measure or matter, and on any amendment offered to the measure or matter, the total number of votes cast for and against, the names of those voting for and against, and a brief description of the question, shall be included in the committee report on the measure or matter.
Seite 82 - PREPARED STATEMENT OF HON. GREG GANSKE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF IOWA Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am glad that we are holding this hearing today on the important issue of financial services modernization.