Earmarks: Everything You Need to Know, from TheCapitol.Net,

Earmarks
Earmarks
Everything You Need to Know
Understanding the process and working the Hill

We are not currently offering a public course covering solely earmarks. However, the major components of this Earmarks course have been integrated into the third day of our three-day Advanced Legislative Strategies program.

See AdvancedLegislativeStrategies.com for more information.

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This important course gives students a solid overview of the federal budget process, highlighting ways beneficiaries of earmarks, i.e., directed congressional appropriations, influence the legislative process. Students also learn how to formulate and implement political and lobbying strategies when making their case on the Hill.

Participants leave with a clear understanding of:

Timetables and deadlines: When you need to act
The Budget Resolution and Section 302(a) and 302(b) allocations
Earmarks: What they are and what they're used for
Developing and framing a powerful message
Understanding public and agency criticism of "pork"
Generating earmarks by lobbying the process from the outside
How to make your case during each step in the legislative process
Where to find earmarks

(This course does not advocate, promote or teach surreptitious addition of earmarks in conference committees or reports.)

Bring this course to your site.

This course and any combination of it's topics are available as custom on-site training for your organization. For more information about how this training can help your members and staff, please contact your client liaison.

For links to selected CRS Reports, legislation and articles on earmarks, see our Federal Budget Links and Research Tools. Also see our blog posts about earmarks on Hobnob Blog and OMB's Earmarks database.

This is an elective course for the Certificate in Congressional Operations.

Space is limited.

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None scheduled:
For location in Washington, DC, see below.
$595

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Approved for .6 CEUs from George Mason University.

Federal Budgeting
Congressional Operations

For a printable course description, agenda with dates, and registration form, click here. PDF

Course Details

Agenda

Earmarks: Everything You Need to Know
8.30	Overview of the Appropriations Process The playing field: Appropriations committee and subcommittee structure The Budget Resolution and Section 302(a) and 302(b) allocations Discretionary versus entitlement spending Timetable and deadlines
10:00	Break
10:15	What are earmarks? How others use earmarks What earmarks are used for Examples of earmarks
10:45	Formulating and Implementing Political and Lobbying Strategies Methodology and approach The stakeholder analysis The political analysis
11:15	Developing and Framing the Message Research and strategic planning Issue monitoring and management Public criticism of "pork"
11:45	Networking Lunch
12:45	Generating Earmarks: Lobbying the Process from the Outside Direct lobbying: Education and advocacy Grassroots/Grasstops: Engaging constituencies Coalitions and associations: Pooling resources and clout Testimony: Making the record Political entrepreneurship: PACs, candidate and issue campaigns and money Use of media in communications and public advocacy Judicial strategies: Court of last resort Advisory panels and commissions: Alternative record makers
2:15	Break
2:30	Making Your Case: Influencing the Legislative Process at Every Stage Who are your sponsors and champions? Preparing for Congressional hearings Drafting testimony and statements for the record Influencing the committee markup: Chairman's mark, amendments, bill language, report language, issue briefs, and vote-counts Floor actions: Statements, debate, amendments, colloquies, and vote-counts Conference strategies: Scope of conference and final reconciliation
3:30	Documents of Trade Bills and reports Floor actions and the Congressional Record Conference reports and statement of managers
4:00	Tying It All Together Identifications of issue champion(s) Connections to constituencies Public policy rationale
4:15	Complete Evaluations; Course Concludes

This is a sample agenda: the actual program may differ slightly.

For a printable course description, agenda with dates, and registration form, click here. PDF

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Suggested Prerequisites

Basic understanding of the congressional budget process (or Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations) or the legislative process (or Congressional Dynamics and the Legislative Process) recommended.

If you need help deciding which courses you should take based on your work experience or training, please contact us via email or phone: 703-739-3790.

Rave Reviews

"One day, concise, packed! Great examples of documents."
-- Senior government relations professional

"Discussion was very important. Great to have presenters who have had firsthand experience."

See more testimonials about our budget training.

Time and Dates

8:30 am to 4:15 pm

None scheduled

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Location

Other dates: Location in Washington, DC will be announced before course

Other dates: Location in Washington, DC will be announced before course. Many of our courses are held at these locations:

Cannon House Office Building (HOB), First and C Streets, SE, Washington, DC (Capitol South Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, Washington, DC (directly across the street from the Capitol South Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
College of William & Mary Washington DC Office, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 810, Washington, DC 20036 (two blocks southeast of the Dupont Circle Metro stop) Google Map
DC Bar Conference Center, 1101 K Street NW, Suite 200 (12th and K Streets NW), Washington, DC (McPherson Square station) Our map | Google Map
Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 (Gallery Place / Chinatown Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
Hall of the States, 444 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC (1 1/2 blocks from the Union Station Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
The Liaison Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC (2 1/2 blocks from the Union Station Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
Longworth House Office Building (HOB), New Jersey Ave. and C Streets, SE, Washington, DC (one block west of the Capitol South Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
National Democratic Headquarters, 430 So. Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 (Capitol South Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
Rayburn House Office Building (HOB), Independence Ave. SW and South Capitol Street (two blocks west of the Capitol South Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
Reserve Officers Association, One Constitution Avenue NE, Washington, DC (3 1/2 blocks from the Union Station Metro stop) Our map | Google Map

Course Materials

Includes more than 75 pages of charts and documentation of the budget process.

Registration Fee

$595 **

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Discounts

** Group Discount! When 4 people from the same organization register and pay together, the 4th person is free! When 8 people from the same organization register and pay together, the 4th and 8th persons are both free! See complete details here.

Certificate of Training
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CEUs

A Certificate of Training is available for this course. To get a Certificate of Training, your registration fee must be paid in full, and you must attend the entire course.

This course is approved for .6 CEUs from George Mason University.

This is an elective course for the Certificate in Congressional Operations.

Policies

For this course, substitutions, cancellations, and transfers must be submitted in writing to us. Our transfer and cancellation fees are outlined below.

** Transfer and Cancellation Fee For all registrations received on or after September 1, 2007
Time Before Course	Substitutions Allowed	Transfer Fee	Cancellation Fee
More than 4 weeks	Yes, in writing	None	None
2 to 4 weeks	Yes, in writing	25% of tuition	50% of tuition
3 days to 2 weeks	Yes, in writing	50% of tuition	75% of tuition
1 to 2 days	Yes, in writing	75% of tuition	100% of tuition
day of program (no refunds to no-shows)	Yes, in writing	100% of tuition	100% of tuition

No refunds for no shows. We reserve the right to change this fee and time period.

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