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94th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document No. 94-661

DESCHLER'S PRECEDENTS

INCLUDING REFERENCES TO PROVISIONS
OF THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, AND
TO DECISIONS OF THE COURTS

BY

LEWIS DESCHLER, J.D., D.J., M.P.L., LL.D.

Parliamentarian of the House,
1928-1974

CITE BY CHAPTER AND SECTION NUMBER
e.g., Deschler's Precedents Ch 3 § 4.2

2K	4K	Compilation of Precedents of House of Representatives
3K	7K	Preface Scope of Work
7K	16K	Historical Background
7K	13K	Precedents as Law
5K	16K	Comparative Rights
5K	11K	Need for Publication
3K	12K	What Constitutes a Precedent
2K	12K	Recordkeeping and the Precedents
4K	10K	Plan of the Work; Arrangement of Materials
2K	6K	Acknowledgements Lewis Deschler, June 1976
2K	5K	Charles W. Johnson, September 1997
2K	7K	A Tribute To Lewis Deschler by Carl Albert
1K	6K	To Lewis Deschler by Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
7K	9K	Table of Abbreviations and Terms

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CHAPTER:      1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33

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Chapter	Title	Volume	Order in Print
1	Assembly of Congress	1
2	Enrolling Members; Administering the Oath
3	Party Organization
4	House Facilities and Capitol Grounds
5	The House Rules, Journal, and Record
6	Officers, Officials, and Employees
7	The Members	2
8	Elections and Election Campaigns
9	Election Contests
10	Presidential Elections; Electoral College	3
11	Questions of Privilege
12	Conduct or Discipline of Members, Officers, or Employees
13	Powers and Prerogatives of the House
14	Impeachment Powers
15	Investigations and Inquiries	4
16	Introduction and Reference of Bills and Resolutions
17	Committees
18	Discharging Matters From Committees	5
19	The Committee of the Whole
20	Calls of the House; Quorums
21	Order of Business; Special Orders	6
22	Calendars	7
23	Motions
24	Bills, Resolutions, and Memorials
25	Appropriation Bills
26	Unauthorized Appropriations; Legislation on Appropriation Bills	8
27	Amendments	9
28	Amendments and the Germaneness Rule	10 (Sections 1-24)
		11 (Sections 25-end, plus index)
29	Consideration and Debate	12 (Sections 1-34)
		13 (Sections 35-end, plus index)
30	Voting	14
31	Points of Order; Parliamentary Inquiries	15
32	House-Senate Relations	16
33	House-Senate Conferences	16

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