Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 292
Trim: 6 x 9¼
978-0-7425-6305-6 • Paperback • June 2008 • $67.00 • (£52.00)
Martin B. Gold is a partner in Covington & Burling's Washington office and is co-chair of the firm's Legislative Practice Group. Most recently, he served as floor advisor and counsel to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, assisting in all aspects of floor procedure and strategy during Senator Frist's first session as Majority Leader. Gold is one of the country's leading experts on congressional procedures, and for many years has been on the faculty of Congressional Quarterly. He was recently recognized by The Washingtonian as "One of the Top 50 Lobbyists" in DC.
Chapter 1. Senate Procedure and Practice
Chapter 2. Legislative Business
Chapter 3. Floor Debates
Chapter 4. Legislation and Committee Procedures
Chapter 5. Bills and Joint Resolutions
Chapter 6. The Amendment Process
Chapter 7. Voting in the Senate
Chapter 8. Finalizing Legislation to Send to the President's Desk
Chapter 9. The Appropriations and Budget Processes in the Senate
Chapter 10. Executive Business and the Executive Calender
Gold has taken a subject, U.S. Senate rules and procedures, that would normally occupy a few dozen pages of a manual and woven it into a book-length treatment filled with fascinating stories and discerning insights about how and why the Senate operates as it does. The result is an interesting, educational study of the Senate. Highly recommended.
— Choice Reviews
Carefully crafted and useful book….He is also very good at explaining the dauntingly complex procedures laid down by the Budget and Impoundment Act and the budget reconciliation process, both in theory and in practice. If you are a Washington lawyer who has a Hill practice, a journalist who covers Congress, or an academic who needs a handy and readable reference book on Senate procedure, Martin B. Gold's book deserves as conspicuous a place on your shelf as it has on mine.
— Congress & the Presidency , June 13, 2011