Discharge Petition Rule Change
Representative Inhofe presented a bill which would make public the signatures of representative who sign release…
House Discharge Petitions
1993-09-18T08:03:59-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/9de/050385-m.jpgRepresentative Inhofe testified concerning his efforts to change the House rules mandating that discharge petitions be confidential and nonbinding. Rep. Inhofe obtained the necessary 218 names on a discharge petition on his bill to change the procedure on discharge petitions. He obtained the required signatures after the names of those not signing were published in the \f2Wall Street Journal\fR. Other witnesses testified on the merits of the discharge petition rule change.
Representative Inhofe testified concerning his efforts to change the House rules mandating that discharge petitions be confidential and… read more
Representative Inhofe testified concerning his efforts to change the House rules mandating that discharge petitions be confidential and nonbinding. Rep. Inhofe obtained the necessary 218 names on a discharge petition on his bill to change the procedure on discharge petitions. He obtained the required signatures after the names of those not signing were published in the \f2Wall Street Journal\fR. Other witnesses testified on the merits of the discharge petition rule change. close
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- Peter Barca U.S. Representative [D] Wisconsin
- Richard Beth Analyst Library of Congress->American Government
- Roger Davidson Professor University of Maryland, College Park->Government
- James M. Inhofe U.S. Representative [R] Oklahoma
- Thomas E. Mann Director Brookings Institution->Government Studies
- David M. Mason Director Heritage Foundation->Congressional Assessment
- James L. Oberstar U.S. Representative [D] Minnesota
- Norman J. Ornstein Resident Scholar American Enterprise Institute
- Peter Robinson Deputy Director House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
- Steven Smith Professor Washington University in St. Louis
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