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After two marathon days of questioning, the Senate Judiciary Committee is poised to complete its review of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to fill the Supreme Court’s vacancy created by the death of…
Senate Rule XXVI empowers the Judiciary Committee to adopt rules to govern its proceedings. The committees rules can be found here and below.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE RULES
MEETINGS OF THE…
From Politics in Question:
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Ted Johnson joins Julia, Lee, and James to consider the role that political parties play in perpetuating popular…
From Fox News:
There are ways around this. Most notably, the Senate can vote on a discharge resolution that would remove the responsibility of considering the Barrett nomination from the…
From Politico:
He hired a press officer and began issuing press releases. Knowing the media loved a good story, Roosevelt press-agented himself by arranging photo ops of him sitting at the…
Dear Representatives DeLauro, Kaptur, and Wasserman Schultz:
We write to commend you for releasing proposals to further strengthen the responsiveness, transparency, accountability, and effectiveness…
From Fox News:
“In committee, there is one rule in the Judiciary Committee rules, any member can postpone a business meeting for a week,” James Wallner, resident senior fellow for governance of…
From Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress:
Additionally, an R Street Institute report examined data from all 45 House and Senate committees to provide a comprehensive…
From The Washington Post:
On Friday morning, leaders from the conservative groups Americans for Prosperity, R Street, the Libre Initiative and Heritage Action joined a conference call urging…
On Thursday, the House Committee on Rules will meet to discuss proposed rules changes for the 117th Congress. This hearing kicks off the process of considering and adopting the rules that will govern…