Robert's Rules of Order is the short title of a book, written by Brig. Gen. Henry Martyn Robert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , containing rules of order intended to be adopted as a parliamentary authority for use by a deliberative assembly. Currently in its eleventh edition and published under the name Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (and often referred to using the initialism RONR) it is the most widely used parliamentary authority in the United States,[1] according to the National Association of Parliamentarians, a professional association of approximately 4,000 members which provides education and accreditation certifications for parliamentarians.[2] - Thomas Page

At its heart is the rule of the majority with respect for the minority. Its object is to allow deliberation upon questions of interest to the organization and to arrive at the sense or the will of the assembly upon these questions.[1] Self-governing organizations follow parliamentary procedure to debate and reach group decisions—usually by vote—with the least possible friction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 11 -24 sort this mess http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty... http://nofearofthefuture.blogspot.com/2011... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~wainer... , 11 -25 The Senate’s Long Slide to Gridlock http://www.nytimes.com/2012...& , 9 -22 http://rules.house.gov/resourc... - Thomas Page

Steven Johnson's Future Perfect: optimistic look at the future of networked politics http://boingboing.net/2012... http://integral-options.blogspot.com/2012... http://www.youtube.com/watch... http://www.youtube.com/watch... At a time when the conventional wisdom holds that the political system is hopelessly gridlocked with old ideas, Future Perfect makes the timely and inspiring case that progress is still possible, and that new solutions are on the rise. This is a hopeful, affirmative outlook for the future, from one of the most brilliant and inspiring visionaries of contemporary culture. < http://www.amazon.com/exec... , http://ttbook.org/book... - Thomas Page

U.S.House of Representatives [ Troubleshooting of Failure to properly exercise Power of Purse? Procedural aberrations of dirty continuing resolutions? Jury rigging http://friendfeed.com/citizen... of rules since 94? Fairness? , [ 10 -2 http://www.newyorker.com/online... , 10 -6 sort http://www.nytimes.com/2013... http://www.slate.com/article... http://thinkprogress.org/economy... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2013... http://www.politicususa.com/2013... , 10 -11 Hastert Rule http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Discharge petition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 10 - 12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... [[[[[[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

Troubleshooting , Policy Basics: Introduction to the Federal Budget Process http://www.cbpp.org/cms... [ Annual appropriations are divided into 12 separate pieces of legislation: Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, and Science, Defense, Energy and Water, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Interior and Environment, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Legislative, Military and Veterans, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... [sort http://www.defazio.house.gov/index... http://www.ncoa.org/public-... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://thomas.loc.gov/home... http://www.merriam-webster.com/diction... sort http://congressionalresearch.com/97-947... , [10 -24 political problems between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers) ] - Thomas Page

Three Limitations of Deliberative Democracy; Identity Politics , Bad Faith and Indeterminacy ... [[ 11 -8 Governance via Unwarranted Influence [[[ Manifestos, Pledges,Contracts to Unbending Ideologies ... ALEC Racketeering - Thomas Page

Boehner says nothing will happen with immigration if something happens on immigration http://www.dailykos.com/story... [ 2 -26 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Endeavors?? Creation Responsibility ?? 2 -27 Conservatives conserving by creating DHS -> tool for right wing extremism? - Thomas Page

Call the Question ... Calling the question: When members get tired of hearing the same arguments go back and forth on a pending motion, inevitably somebody calls out, "Question! Previous question http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , in parliamentary procedure (also known as calling for the question, calling the question, close debate and other terms) is a motion to end debate, and the moving of amendments, on any debatable or amendable motion and bring that motion to an immediate vote. - Thomas Page

Jefferson's_Manual http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

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Committees do not actually change the texts of the bills they mark up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... . Instead, committees vote on amendments that their members want to recommend that the House adopt when it considers the bill on the floor. The committee concludes a markup not by voting on the bill as a whole, but by voting on a motion to order the bill reported to the House with whatever amendments the committee has approved. A majority of the committee must be present when this final vote occurs. For all other stages of markups, committees may set their own quorum requirements, so long as that quorum is at least one-third of the committee's membership. - Thomas Page

Cloture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

3 -16 Bad Faith Quantification? Perpetrators? 3 -17 adding contentious unrelated issues to normal ongoing business type bills? - Thomas Page

Sabermetrics [ Runs_created }} Kando Policy }} {{ Did you fuck with it? https://friendfeed.com/citizen... Spock Rocks [[[[[[ 2 -27 E – Errors: number of times a fielder fails to make a play he should have made with common effort , WP – Wild pitches: charged when a pitch is too high, low, or wide of home plate for the catcher to field, CS – Caught stealing: times tagged out while attempting to steal a base Poor OPS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page