COMMENTARY: Because Germane isn\’t Just an Obscure Member of the Jackson 5!

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Volume XX No.20: May 15, 2015

This week, the House Committee on Rules received almost 350 amendments drafted by lawmakers regarding specific issues in the Defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2016.

The Rules Committee is not a body well known outside Washington and is sometimes referred to as the \”traffic cop\” in the House. Most legislation must go through the Rules Committee where a \”rule\” is crafted detailing how it will be debated on the House floor. There is no similar mechanism in the Senate. Members who wish to offer amendments must file them with the Rules Committee. The committee then decides the fate of each potential amendment based, at least in part, on whether the amendment is \”germane\” to the underlying piece of legislation.

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