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Johnny Isakson: “Whenever a conference committee appropriates new moneys, expands a program or adds a program that was not incorporated…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2003
Whenever a conference committee appropriates new moneys, expands a program or adds a program that was not incorporated within the House and Senate bills as they went through their normal procedure in this House, that those programs be delineated on the surface of that conference report, and that that conference report lie on the Members' desks for 24 hours before its vote. When the sun shines in on the knowledge of last-minute appropriations and deals that are made, then we in Congress will make more intelligent votes on the bills that come before us than the late night and late hours of the conference committee reports and votes.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia
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Editor's note · Context

Proposing a change to House rules regarding conference committee reports.

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