Process I

LEGISLATION REALLY CAN PASS 

Also see current public lands bill.  In two weeks, we shall read Jill Lawrence's account of a similar bill from a few years ago.

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  Bill Drafting (Straus, ch. 2; Davidson,  220-226)

• Types of measures
• Drafting manual
• An example of legislative language:IDEA full funding
• Senate Legislative Counsel
• House Legislative Counsel

The Name Game

• The STOP STUPIDITY Act
• The EL CHAPO Act

Rules

• House Rules
• Senate Rules

Do They Read The Bills? No.  

• A recent example
• The consolidated appropriations bill last week

John Conyers:



The fiscal cliff -- search for "algae"
The committee system