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Going to Conference in the Senate (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Feb. 18, 2011
Report Number RS20454
Report Type Report
Authors Elizabeth Rybicki, Specialist on the Congress and Legislative Process
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

There are three steps that the Senate must take, and one more step that it may take, in arranging tosend a bill to conference. These steps rarely are contentious but they have the potential to becometime-consuming. This report discusses these steps and how they are taken on the Senate floor.