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A

Acronyms and Abbreviations in ProQuest^® Congressional Data

Act of Congress

Administration bill

Advanced Search Form (Congressional Publications)

Advanced Search Form Segments for the Congressional Hearings Digital Collection (CHDC)

Advanced Search Form Segments for the Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection

Advanced Search Form Segments for the Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC)

Advanced Search Form Segments for the U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection

Advanced User Scenario - Advanced Search form

Advanced User Scenario - Basic Search form

Advanced User Scenario - Daily Congressional Record & Rules

Advanced User Scenario - Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws

Advanced User Scenario - Members & Committees

Advanced User Scenario - Regulations

Advanced User Scenario - Search by Number form

ALLCAPS Command

Amendment tree

Amendments

AND Connector

AND NOT Connector

Appropriation

ATLEASTn Command

Authorization

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B

Basic Search Form (Congressional Publications)

Bill

Bill Clerk

Bill print

Bill Types

Bookmarking in ProQuest^® Congressional

Budget process

By request

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C

Calendar

CAPS Command

Chairperson or Chair

Chamber

Christmas tree legislation

Clean bill

Cloture

Clustered votes

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

Collation

Collegial

Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, or Committee of the Whole

Committee Prints and Miscellaneous Publications - Additional Information and Research Strategies

Committee rules

Committees

Committees Search Form

Companion bills

Conference

Confirmation process

Congressional Publications (U.S. Serial Set)

Congressional Record Only Search Form

Connectors and Commands, List of

Connectors, Using multiple

Content Coverage Chart

Cosponsor

CRS Reports - Additional Information and Research Strategies

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D

Dear Colleague letter

Demographics Search Form

Discharge petition

Discretionary spending

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E

Email Documents Form

Entitlement

Examples of Major Laws

Executive branch

Executive Branch Publications (U.S. Serial Set)

Executive Orders

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F

FAQs about Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection

FAQs about ProQuest^® Congressional Content

Federal Register (FR)

Filibuster

Filing the report

Final rules (Federal Register)

Find More Like This Form

Five-minute rule

Format for Print Form

Frequently-Asked Questions about ProQuest^® Congressional

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G

Germane

Get a Document Search Form - Daily Congressional Record & Rules

Get a Document Search Form - Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws

Get a Document Search Form - Regulations

Glossary

Government Printing Office

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H

Hearings

Help System, All About

Hierarchical

Hold

Hold the bill at the desk

House and Senate Documents - Additional Information and Research Strategies

House and Senate Reports - Additional Information and Research Strategies

House Committee on Rules

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I

Impoundment

Intermediate User Scenario - Advanced Search form

Intermediate User Scenario - Basic Search form

Intermediate User Scenario - Daily Congressional Record & Rules

Intermediate User Scenario - Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws

Intermediate User Scenario - Members & Committees

Intermediate User Scenario - Regulations

Intermediate User Scenario - Search by Number form

Introductory statement

Invoke cloture

Issuing Sources Form (Index Terms Look-up Tool)

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J

Joint Committee

Joint Resolution

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K

Keyword Search Form - Daily Congressional Record & Rules

Keyword Search Form - Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws

Keyword Search Form - Regulations

Killer amendment

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L

Leadership

Legislative day versus Calendar day

Legislative history

Legislative intent

Legislative Process: Background Information

Line numbering

Lobbyist

Logical Operators

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M

MapViewer (Serial Set Maps) Page

Markup

Measure

Meeting notices (Federal Register)

Member of Congress

Member Records Search Form

Miscellaneous Publications (U.S. Serial Set)

Morning hour/morning business

Motion to table

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N

NOCAPS Command

Novice User Scenario - Advanced Search form

Novice User Scenario - Basic Search form

Novice User Scenario - Daily Congressional Record & Rules

Novice User Scenario - Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws

Novice User Scenario - Members & Committees

Novice User Scenario - Regulations

Novice User Scenario - Search by Number form

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O

OR Connector

Ordered a bill reported

Override

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P

Pagination

Pairing

Parliamentarian

Placed on the calendar

PLURAL Command

Pocket veto

Point of order

Political Action Committee (PAC)

Political News Form

Political News Publications

Popular Names Form

PRE/n (Preceded by n Words) Connector

Precedents

Presidential documents (Federal Register)

Presidential Message

Presiding Officer

Private bills or laws

Proclamation

Proper Names, Finding

Proposed rules (Federal Register)

ProQuest® Congressional LibGuide

Public Interest Group

Public laws

Public resolutions

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Q

Quorum

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R

Ranking Member

Recommittal motion

Reconciliation bill

Recorded vote

Refer a bill to one or more committees

Representatives Form

Result List

Results, FAQs

Rider

Roll call vote

Rules

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S

Sample Segment Searches

Search By Number Form (Congressional Publications)

Search Equivalents in ProQuest^® Congressional

Search Results, All About

Searches, Creating

Section-by-section analysis

Segments in the Drop-Down List on the Advanced Search Form

Senate Executive Reports - Additional Information and Research Strategies

Senate Treaty Documents - Additional Information and Research Strategies

Senators Form

Serial Numbering

Serial Set Map Terms Form (Index Terms Look-up Tool)

Serial Set Maps - Additional Information and Research Strategies

Serial Set Only Document Type Descriptions

Sessions of Congress: 1789 to Present

Sine die

SINGULAR Command

Slip law

Special or Select Committee

Special orders

Sponsor

Statement of the managers

Status of Congressional Hearings Digital Collection (CHDC) Content Delivery

Status of Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection Content Delivery

Status of Serial Set Digital Collection Content Delivery

Statutes at Large

Statutes at Large Numbering of Laws

Subjects Form (Index Terms Look-up Tool)

Submitted for the hearing record

Substitute amendment

Sunshine Act meetings (Federal Register)

Suspend the rules and pass

Sustain

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T

Three-day rule

Transcript

Treaties

Types of Legislation

Types of Publications

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U

U.S. Serial Set - Additional Information and Research Strategies

U.S. Serial Set: Organization

U.S. Serial Set: Printing and Distribution

U.S. Serial Set: Types of Publications

Unanimous consent agreement

Unanimous consent request

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V

Versions of a Bill

Veto

Votes

Voting record

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W

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

Wildcards/Truncation

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