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Legislative Process GOVT 747: Legislation and Lobbying Spring 2009

Clerk (House/Senate) Relevant Comm No Action Approp/Ways & Means Floor Kill Pass Adverse Floor Pull Floor Hearing Schedule Wright, Chapter 3: Vermont Legislature

Clerk (House/Senate) Relevant Comm Study Ways & Means Floor Kill Pass Adverse Floor Hearing Schedule Rules Pass No Action Kill Steer/Policy Calendar State Legislature

Squire and Hamm, p. 102 Power of House Speakers: US State Legislature

Squire and Hamm, p. 102 Power of House Speakers: US State Legislature

Committees: State Level

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