Congress Study II
The following questions will be discussed at the unit meeting February 8 through 10 in helping us reach consensus on the Congress Study:
List any revisions in the list of criteria which was agreed upon during the last meeting. If there are none, please write a statement that there were no changes.
If you see need for improvement in House and Senate structures, procedures and practices, what specific changes would you recommend? Relating the criteria chosen above, consider the following aspects of the legislative process in your replies:
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Decision-making procedures (e.g., availability of information; staffing; decentralization vs. centralization)
Use of congressional time (e.g., congressional workload; electronic voting; scheduling)
Access of public to congressional actions and decisions (e.g. Congressional Record; executive sessions and open meetings; open voting on leaders)
- Do you think Congress needs new or improved mechanisms for determining priorities to make the legislative process more responsive to national needs? If so, what mechanisms might be developed?
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January 1972
March 1972
