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Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- House Committee Markups: Manual of Procedures and Procedural Strategies( -- Summary -- 1. Overview of Manual -- 2. Introduction to House Committee Markup Procedures -- 2.1. What Rules Apply in Committees? -- 2.2. Summary of Procedures of the House as in the Committee of the Whole as They Operate in House Committees -- 2.3. Importance of Procedure in Committee -- 3. Committee Rules -- 3.1. Subcommittees -- 3.2. Meetings -- 3.2.1. Meeting Days and Chairing Meetings -- 3.2.2. Members' Initiative to Hold a Markup -- 3.2.3. Notice and Documents -- 3.2.4. Open and Closed Meetings -- 3.2.5. Media Coverage -- 3.3. Opening Statements -- 3.4. Postpone Votes -- 3.5. Quorum Requirements -- 3.6. Recess -- 3.7. Reporting -- 3.8. Subpoenas -- 3.9. Committee Records -- 4. Procedural Restrictions in Law on Certain Markups -- 5. Referral of Legislation in the House -- 5.1. House Rules on Referral -- 5.2. Speaker's Authority -- 5.3. Drafting Strategy and the Referral of Legislation -- 5.4. Protecting a Committee's Jurisdiction -- 6. Considerations Prior to a Markup -- 6.1. Timing -- 6.2. Party Leadership Planning -- 6.3. Public and Media Attention -- 6.4. Should Subcommittee Markup Precede Committee Markup? -- 6.5. Legislative Vehicle -- 6.6. Chair Responsibilities: Markup and Floor -- 6.6.1. Scheduling Meetings and Setting an Agenda -- 6.6.1.1. Pre-Meeting Party Caucuses -- 6.6.2. Maintaining Order and Decorum -- 6.6.2.1. Parliamentary Inquiries -- 6.6.2.2. Points of Order, Dilatory Motions, and Appeals -- 6.6.3. Reporting Legislation -- 6.6.4. Floor Consideration -- 7. Procedural Strategy and the Choice of a Markup Vehicle -- 7.1. Introduced Measure -- 7.2. Subcommittee Version-Committee Print -- 7.2.1. Options for Action on Committee Print

THIS STUDY UNDERTAKES A MAJOR REANALYSIS OF THE DECISIONMAKING PROCESSES IN EIGHT COMMITTEES OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THIS STUDY USES A DATA BASE COMPOSED OF RECORDED COMMITTEE ROLL-CALL VOTES AND THE ANALYSIS SEEKS TO IDENTIFY VOTING FACTIONS; ISSUE DIMENSIONS. THE RESULTS ARE COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS ANALYSES OF THE SAME 8 COMMITTEES.