Points at which Delay or Defeat May Occur in the House

Points at which Delay or Defeat
May Occur in the House

DELAY

1. Committee inaction in referring to a subcommittee

2. Subcommittee inaction

A. prolonged hearings;

B. refusal to report

3. Rules committee inaction

A. refusal to schedule hearings;

B. prolonged hearings;

C. refusal to report

4. Slowness in scheduling bill

5. Floor actions

A. demanding full requirements
of the rules

B. Reading the Journal;

C. Repeated Quorum calls;

                               D. Refusing unanimous consent to
                                             dispense with further proceedings
                                              under the calling of the roll;

E. Prolonging debate;

F. Various points of order.

DEFEAT

1. Committee inaction

2. Negative vote in committee

3. Subcommittee inaction

4. Negative vote in subcommittee

5. Defeat of rule on the Floor

6. Motion to strike enacting clause

7. Final passage

Randall Ripley, (1978) Congress: Process and Public Policy, Norton