Proposals to Reform Holds in the Senate

Posted At : January 9, 2008 12:24 PM
Related Categories: Govt Processes,Congress,Laws/Regulations

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31685.pdf

Holds are an informal senate custom unrecognized in rules or precedents that allow individual senators to block measures from advancing to the floor. This report examines the wide range of proposals over a 30 year period which have attempted to reform the holds process. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

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