Congress: The House
- The House Apportionment Formula in Theory and in Practice (.pdf)
- Salaries and Allowances: The Congress (.pdf)
- Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress (.pdf)
- Guide to Individuals Seated on the House Dais
- Congress' Early Organization Meetings
- House Administration Reorganization: 104th Congress
- The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor (.pdf)
- House Leadership Structure: Overview of Party Organization (.pdf)
- Party Leaders in Congress, 1789-2002: Vital Statistics (.pdf)
- The Use of Task Forces in the House (.pdf)
- House and Senate Rules of Procedure: A Comparison (.pdf)
- Parliamentary Reference Sources: House of Representatives (.pdf)
- Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview (.pdf)
- Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Fine: Legislative Discipline in the House of Representatives (.pdf)
- House Sergeant at Arms: Fact Sheet on Legislative and Administrative Duties (.pdf)
- House Leadership: Whip Organization (.pdf)
- Major Leadership Election Contests In the House of Representatives, 94th - 108th Congresses (.pdf)
- Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and Responsibilities (.pdf)
Introduction & Origin of Legislative Measures
- Bills, Resolutions, Nominations, and Treaties: Origins, Deadlines, Requirements, and Uses (.pdf)
- Bills and Resolutions: Examples of How Each Kind is Used (.pdf)
- Sources of Legislative Proposals: A Descriptive Introduction (.pdf)
- Introducing a House Bill or Resolution (.pdf)
- Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of House Bills (.pdf)
- Legislative Research in Congressional Offices: A Primer
- Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Basic Sources (.pdf)
- "Sense-of" Resolutions and Procedure (.pdf)
House Committees
- House Committee Organization and Process: A Brief Overview (.pdf)
- Committee Types and Roles (.pdf)
- Subcommittees in the House of Representatives (.pdf)
- House Committees: Assignment Process (.pdf)
- House Subcommittees: Assignment Process (.pdf)
- House Committees: Categories and Rules for Committee Assignments (.pdf)
- House Standing Committee Chairs: Rules Governing Selection Procedures (.pdf)
- House Committee Jurisdiction and Referral: Rules and Practice (.pdf)
- House Rules Affecting Committees (.pdf)
- House Committee Markup: Preparation
- House Committee Markup: Vehicle for Consideration and Amendment
- House Rules Governing Committee Markup Procedures (.pdf)
- The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives (.pdf)
- House Committee Markup: Amendment Procedure
- House Committee Markup: Reporting
- House Committee Reports: Required Contents (.pdf)
- Types of Committee Hearings (.pdf)
- House Committee Hearings: Preparation (.pdf)
- Hearings in the House of Representatives: A Guide For Preparation and Conduct (.pdf)
- House Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification (.pdf)
- House Committee Hearings: Arranging Witnesses (.pdf)
Congress: The Senate
- The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the Senate Floor (.pdf)
- Major Leadership Election Contests In the Senate: A 27-Year Survey (.pdf)
Relations With The Senate
- Going to Conference In the Senate (.pdf)
- Amendments Between the Houses (.pdf)
- Instructing House Conferees (.pdf)
- Conference Reports and Joint Explanatory Statements (.pdf)
- Floor Consideration of Conference Reports in the House (.pdf)
- Senate Committees: Categories and Rules For Committee Assignments (.pdf)
- Congressional Budget Resolutions: Motions to Instruct Conferees (.pdf)
Presidential Relations
- Messages, Petitions, Communications, and Memorials to Congress (.pdf)
- Engrossment, Enrollment, and Presentation of Legislation (.pdf)
- President Clinton's First Term Vetoes (.pdf)
- The Presidential Veto & Congressional Procedure (.pdf)
- Presidential Vetoes, 1789-present: A Summary Overview (.pdf)
- Congressional Overrides of Presidential Vetoes (.pdf)
- Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals (.pdf)
- The Line Item Veto Act
- The Line Item Veto Act: Procedural Issues
- State Techniques to Blunt the Governor's Item-Veto Power
- Presidential Recission Authority: Efforts to Modify the 1974 Framework
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