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Sample Agenda |
Day One:
House Rules and Floor Procedures
9:00 Welcome
and Introduction
9:05 The Procedural Biases of the House
9:40 Scheduling Legislation for House Floor
Action
10:45 Break
11:00 The House Rules Committee: Gatekeeper to the Floor;
View videotapes of committee and floor action
12:15 Lunch
1:15 Major Legislation on the House Floor
and the Amending Process (A break will be taken during
this session.)
3:45 Review and Wrap-up; Complete
Evaluations as needed
4:00 Day One Concludes
Day Two:
Senate Procedures: Scheduling, Amending and Floor Action
9:00
Welcome and Introduction
9:05 The Dynamics of the U.S. Senate
9:45 Scheduling and Calling Up Bills on
the Senate Floor (A break will be taken during this
session)
10:35 Break
10:45 Senate Floor Procedures; view videotapes of
floor action
11:45 Amending Legislation on the Senate Floor
12:15 Lunch
1:30 House Floor Procedures: Tactics and
Strategies
2:40 Break
2:50 Senate Floor Procedures: Tactics and
Strategies
3:45 Review and Wrap-up; Complete
Evaluations as needed
4:00 Day Two Concludes
Day Three:
Conference Committee Decision-Making: Strategies and Tactics
9:00
Welcome and Introduction
9:05 The Role of the Conference Committees
in the Legislative Process
9:35 Resolving differences Between
The Houses and Pre-Conference Procedures and Maneuvers
10:30 Break
10:45 The Conference Committee in Action
VIDEO: Conference Committee on Natural Gas bill (20
min)
11:20 Break
11:30 The Post-Conference Process
12:15 Introduction of Simulation
12:30 Working Lunch/Caucus Meetings
1:40 Return to Conference Room
1:45 The Simulation: Conference Committees
Meet
3:00 Break
3:15 The Simulation: Conference Committees
Report and Vote on Their Deliberations
3:45 Analyzing the Simulation
4:00 Review and Wrap-up; Complete
Evaluations
All custom training is
tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from
this program can be combined with topics from our other
programs and with topics from your existing training
programs.
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Sample Agendas
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different versions
of this program tailored for previous custom clients are available
in
Adobe
pdf format:
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Audience Level |
Attendees
should have a knowledge of, or a minimum of one
year's experience working with, the legislative
process in the House and the Senate, or completion of our Congressional
Dynamics and the Legislative Process
course recommended.
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Audience Size |
This
program is most effective for between 15 and 30
attendees.
Don't have enough
people for a custom, on-site program? You can still train your staff at our public
course.
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Previous Clients |
Variations
of this program have been presented for federal
agencies.
Our selected
client list includes clients who have purchased
custom training, sent staff to our public programs
and who have purchased our publications.
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Faculty |
A
team of more than 5 experts, each with at least 10
years' experience in the legislative process, teach
this intensive 3-day conference.
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Rave Reviews
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"Indispensable!" Partner,
Patton Boggs
"Will be a more proficient
lobbyist." Lobbyist (12 year's experience)
"Quality of presenters
is unrivaled. [Congressional] Deskbook is
priceless. Another outstanding course by
TheCapitol.Net." Attorney/Analyst, FAA
"This is an excellent seminar regardless of Hill experience
of the student."
Partner, Patton Boggs
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Course Materials |
= Course materials include personal copy of the
then-available Congressional
Deskbook.
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Length and Location |
Usually requires 3
days.
This program is usually held in
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Internal Marketing |
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help you
publicize and market a custom program to your
organization's audience, we can provide printed
materials and language for your own internal
promotion and publicity.
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Fee |
The
fee for this program depends on the location, number
of attendees, length, and training materials.
Call us for details, or complete our custom
program information request for more
information.
If you
don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program,
you can still train your staff at our public
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What is included in the fee? |
TheCapitol.Net
tailors each program to meet your training and
educational objectives. Before we issue a cost
proposal, we will work with you to tailor a program
to meet your training objectives. We provide
all course materials and faculty chosen for your
topic and your audience at the time and location you
choose.
Our
custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting
space, all audio visual equipment, any food and
beverages, all registration functions, and travel
arrangements for attendees. When the program is held
outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel
arrangements for faculty can be made by the client
or by us.
We can also provide meeting space,
audio visual equipment, food and beverage,
registration, and travel arrangements, though this
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