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Identifies precedents and practices of the House from 1936-1986. Compilation of volumes 1-9 of this series was initially undertaken by House Parliamentarian Lewis Deschler (b.1903-d.1976). Precedents and practices since 1986 have been published under the title Deschler-Brown Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives, which begins with volume 10. Currently, the series is compiled by Parliamentarian Emeritus Charles W. Johnson. Documents are available as ASCII text and PDF files. Volume 17 (Chapters 34 and 35) feature new chapters that are available online only. More.


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