Confused about how legislation is
amended on the Senate floor? This audio course demystifies the
amendment procedure in the Senate. Topics include:
The role of non-germane amendments
Forms of amendments
Degree of amendment
Substitute and Perfecting
Amending previously amended material
Principles of Precedence
Amendment Trees
Amendment Process: Working through the amendment trees
Voting
Third Reading
Also see Legislating
in the U.S. Senate,
Parliamentary Procedure of the U.S. Senate: Debate and Amendment, and
Senate
Scheduling and Floor Procedures.
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