Regular order refers to the process of legislative committees holding hearings and marking up bills before referring them to the legislature as a whole.
"And that has sort of thrown out the window the whole idea of regular order."
The move away from regular order was natural selection, this argument goes.
AdvertisementThat assumes, however, that party leaders and the members that put them there would want to have a functioning government.
The very incentives that pushed Congress away from regular order are stronger than ever.
Persons:
—, backbenchers, John Duricka What's, Bill, Newt Gingrich, Alan Wiseman, Gingrich, Donald Wolfensberger, James M, Curry, Andrew Harnik, he's, Bill Huizenga
Organizations:
Service, Representatives, AP, Republican, 104th, Center, Wilson, University of Utah, POLITICO
Locations:
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