Rules of the House don't get in the way. (how congressmen sidestep House of Representative regulations to delay or enact legislation)

Insight on the News | September 27, 1993| | Copyright

Summary: in the House of Representatives, there are rules to govern nearly everything that happens. But impatient lawmakers find ways of getting around those rules, by waiving them outright or by attaching legislative riders that bar procedural challenges.

If you want to succeed in Congress, it helps to know what William Holmes Brown does. Brown doesn't sit on a key committee, doesn't write fat campaign checks and rarely appears on C-Span. Yet as parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, Brown is charged with interpreting the often arcane rides of the House, a ...

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