RPC Legislative Services Senators and their staffs can quickly learn the status of Senate proceedings by tuning to RPC-TV on the Senate's closed-circuit cable system. Every day and night the Senate is in session, Channel 2 broadcasts continuous summaries of Senate Floor action and explanations of parliamentary proceedings, amendments, schedules, House activities and pertinent news. RPC video is combined with the live video and audio from the Senate Floor.
The Policy Committee also provides a 24-hour legislative news telephone hotline available to callers on and off the Hill. By dialing (202)224-6888 callers are given a recorded message of the latest floor schedule, summaries of bills and an extended legislative outlook. In addition, this info is available in the Senate Schedule section of the RPC website.
Keeping Tabs on Roll Call Votes It's not unusual for Senators to cast 300 or more roll call votes on the Senate Floor in a single year. Senators and their staffs need a ready and reliable reference for recalling the details and the debates of these votes. The RPC's Record Vote Analysis, a service of the Committee since the 1940s, provides this. Each RVA includes the roll call showing how members of each party voted, a brief description of the vote, and highlights of the debate. The RVA on each bill gives a timely summation of the bill in its final amended form. The RVAs are published and distributed shortly after every roll call vote so that each Republican Senator's office has a cumulative notebook for easy reference.