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Senate Rules for Committee Markups (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Feb. 20, 2001
Report Number 98-711GOV
Authors Walter J. Oleszek
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

“All committees are different” is an oft-made comment. It underscores that each panel hasits own history, customs, decisionmaking styles, procedures, jurisdiction, and so on. What this means for Senate markups — sessions where committee members consider changesin the text ofthe measure or matter before them— isthat these drafting meetings also reflect the “personality” of each committee. To a large extent, each committee has considerable flexibility in how it goes about “marking up” a measure or matter before it. For instance, during the 105th Congress, committee rules for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee stipulate that, insofar as practicable, “proceedings of the Committee will be conducted without resort to the formalities of parliamentary procedure.” By comparison, other committees identify detailed procedures for their markup meetings.