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House Rules

House Rules: 106th Congress - 105th Congress (Library of Congress)

Rules are hypertext-linked to related sections of the same rule and to other rules.

Opening Day Rules Package for the 106th Congress - House Rules - 106th Congress (House Committee on Rules)

The "Opening Day Rules Package for the 106th Congress" includes a section-by-section summary of substantive changes in the House Rules from the 105th Congress, as well as a section on Recodification of the Rules for the 106th.

Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives: 106th Congress - 105th Congress (Clerk of the House of Representatives)

House Rules Manual for the 105th Congress (GPO Access)

Includes the Constitution and Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice. Browsable and searchable.

Rules of Decorum and Debate in the House (House Committee on Rules)

Ethics Manual (House Web)

Rules for the conduct of Members while performing their official duties.

House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Advisory Memoranda - "Pink Sheets" ( House Web)

Includes "Top 20 Questions," outside earned income restrictions, travel issues, the gift rule, exemptions for widely-attended events and gifts of nominal value, financial disclosure requirements, and post-employment restrictions.

House Rules Committee Home Page (via House Web)

Includes Members, Parliamentary Outreach Program, News, Subcommittees, Rules Committee History, and Links.

Special Rules (House Rules Committee)

An explanation of special rules (or special orders) which permit the immediate consideration of a legislative measure, notwithstanding the usual order of business, and to prescribe conditions for its debate and amendment.

Senate Rules

Standing Rules of the U.S. Senate (Senate Web)

Standing Rules of the U.S. Senate (Library of Congress)

Since the Senate is a continuing body, new rules are not adopted at the beginning of every Congress. Minor changes may be effected by passage of Senate resolutions. Rules are hypertext-linked to related sections of the same rule and to other rules.

Standing Rules of the Senate (Senate Web)

Standing Rules of the Senate as published by the Senate Rules Committee.

Senate Manual (Senate Document 104-1) (Government Printing Office)

Contains the standing rules, orders, laws, and resolutions affecting the business of the United States Senate.

Senate Rules and Administration Committee Home Page (Senate Web)

Information includes: Jurisdiction, Standing Rules of the Senate, Committee Hearings, Action on Senate Bills

CRS Report Comparing House and Senate Rules (by permission of the House Committee on Rules)

House and Senate Rules of Procedure: A Comparison

The Library of Congress Home Page