How Congress Works

Rules and Precedents of the House | Parliamentary Terms & Definitions
General Parliamentary Procedure | The Budget Process | House Floor Procedures
House Committee Procedures | Resolving Differences With the Senate |
CRS Reports | Legislative Process Program

Resolving Differences with the Senate

• Appointing and Instructing Conferees

• Basic Procedural Differences Between the House of Representatives and the Senate

• Committees of Conference & Consideration of Conference Reports

• Conference Reports and the Rules Committee

• Disposing of Amendments in Disagreement

• Methods of Getting to Conference With the Senate

• Steps in Resolving Differences With the Senate