Trevor Corning is a client services and communications professional who worked in various roles at several organizations, including Brookings. His experience is with clients of all sizes and industries to craft brands, create communications strategies, develop advertising campaigns, understand government process, engage with Capitol Hill, build websites, and manage integrated marketing efforts.Reema Dodin serves as floor director to the Senate Democratic Whip, where she advises on floor strategy and serves as the lead staffer on whip operations for the Senate Democractic causcus.Kyle Nevins is cofounder and partner of Harbinger Strategies, a government relations firm based in Washington, D.C., and has more than a decade of experience in the House Republican leadership.

Corning, Dodin, and Nevins provide a “pocket guide” for anyone interested in learning about the legislative process. It is particularly useful for undergraduate students and “political junkies” who care to understand how rules and maneuvers are used to fashion legislation. Highly recommended."- CHOICE

• Contents:AcknowledgmentsIntroduction and Overview: Two Chambers, Two WaysThe House of Representatives: Where the Majority Party RulesThe Ways and Means and Appropriations CommitteesThe Congressional CalendarThe Legislative ProcessLeadership StructureThe Rules CommitteeRules of the HouseTypes of Special RulesOpen RuleModified Open RuleStructured and Closed RulesCommittee of the WholeFloor ProcedureThe Senate: Where Debate and Deals RuleBasics of Legislation in the SenateThe Senate Calendar and Considerations of TimeThe Use of ClotureLife Cycles in the SenateTypes of BillsTaking VotesWorking through the Process and the Role of the MajorityMajority Rule Versus ConsentGermanenessCommitteesAmendments and the Amendment TreeGetting a Bill to the FloorThe Standard Committee ProcessThe Rule 14 ProcessHR Vehicle 71Consent, or “Hotlining”Privileged or Other Special Vehicles: Conferences, House Messages, Statutory ItemsSubstituting a New Text, and Amendment to a Moving Vehicle, Bill PackagesProcedural Tools in the SenateCommon Moves and TermsFast-Moving or Unusual VehiclesChanges in the Senate RulesThe Senate as a WholeConclusionAppendixes:A. Sample House Weekly ScheduleB. Sample House Rules Committee Structured RuleC. Sample Senate Hotline EmailD. Samples of Most Common Amendment Trees

Trevor Corning is a client services and communications professional who worked in various roles at several organizations, including Brookings. His experience is with clients of all sizes and industries to craft brands, create communications strategies, develop advertising campaigns, understand government process, engage with Capitol Hill, build websites, and manage integrated marketing efforts.Reema Dodin serves as floor director to the Senate Democratic Whip, where she advises on floor strategy and serves as the lead staffer on whip operations for the Senate Democractic causcus.Kyle Nevins is cofounder and partner of Harbinger Strategies, a government relations firm based in Washington, D.C., and has more than a decade of experience in the House Republican leadership.

Corning, Dodin, and Nevins provide a “pocket guide” for anyone interested in learning about the legislative process. It is particularly useful for undergraduate students and “political junkies” who care to understand how rules and maneuvers are used to fashion legislation. Highly recommended."- CHOICE

• Contents:AcknowledgmentsIntroduction and Overview: Two Chambers, Two WaysThe House of Representatives: Where the Majority Party RulesThe Ways and Means and Appropriations CommitteesThe Congressional CalendarThe Legislative ProcessLeadership StructureThe Rules CommitteeRules of the HouseTypes of Special RulesOpen RuleModified Open RuleStructured and Closed RulesCommittee of the WholeFloor ProcedureThe Senate: Where Debate and Deals RuleBasics of Legislation in the SenateThe Senate Calendar and Considerations of TimeThe Use of ClotureLife Cycles in the SenateTypes of BillsTaking VotesWorking through the Process and the Role of the MajorityMajority Rule Versus ConsentGermanenessCommitteesAmendments and the Amendment TreeGetting a Bill to the FloorThe Standard Committee ProcessThe Rule 14 ProcessHR Vehicle 71Consent, or “Hotlining”Privileged or Other Special Vehicles: Conferences, House Messages, Statutory ItemsSubstituting a New Text, and Amendment to a Moving Vehicle, Bill PackagesProcedural Tools in the SenateCommon Moves and TermsFast-Moving or Unusual VehiclesChanges in the Senate RulesThe Senate as a WholeConclusionAppendixes:A. Sample House Weekly ScheduleB. Sample House Rules Committee Structured RuleC. Sample Senate Hotline EmailD. Samples of Most Common Amendment Trees