Videos

Ms. Nickles talked about House legislative procedures, including such things as conference procedures with the Senate. The Legislative Studies Institute offers courses for those who desire e…

Former Senate parliamentarian Robert Dove and Ilona Nickels of the Congressional Research Service taught a class on congressional rules and budget and appropriations process. The newly-creat…

Ms. Nickels discussed “how a bill becomes a law.” The vignette included video demonstrating the steps involved in making a law.

New floor procedures for the House of Representatives were given a trial period of 90 days beginning in February 1994. Procedures for morning debates, Oxford-style debates, and special order…

Ilona Nickels, Research Analyst, Congressional Research Service, Raymond Smock, Historian, U.S. House of Representative, and Richard Baker, Historian, U.S. Senate discussed the structure and…

Ilona Nickels discussed the procedures that are scheduled to take place later in the day when the first session of the 103rd Congress convenes in the U.S. Capitol, including the swearing-in …

Ms. Nickels explained the official “assembly line” flowchart of a bill progressing through Congress. An unofficial “shell game” is also described in which the contents of a bill can be shift…

The program looks at the process by which bills are considered on the House floor and how the schedule is determined.

House opening procedures such as the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the Journal and one-minute speeches are shown and discussed.

The panelists examine the West German political system, with attention focused on the Bundestag. West German and U.S. legislatures, politics, and politicians are compared. Video coverage is …

Ilona Nickels (Congressional Research Service) discussed the process how bills are considered on the House floor and how the schedule is determined.

Ilona Nickels talked about procedures followed in the House of Representatives.