Top of page

Legislative Status Steps – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Share this post:

Sometimes the legislative process is a little more confusing than I’m Just a Bill.  As Margaret mentioned in The Curious History of the 2011 Debt Ceiling Legislation earlier this week, sometimes the legislative process takes interesting turns.  Christine also blogged about the unique situation of vehicle bills.  The poster below details the various status steps legislation can take, including Introductory, Committee, Discharge, Calendar, Floor, Conference, and Presidential Steps.

For tips on THOMAS that can relate to the legislative process, you can subscribe to the RSS feed or via email alert.  There is also a glossary in THOMAS to help.

Comments (8)

  1. Peggy says:

    Who made this wonderful poster?

    • Andrew Weber says:

      This is what it says at the bottom right of the poster:

      Committee on House Administration
      Wayne L. Hays, Chairman
      Prepared by House Information Systems Staff
      Frank B. Ryan, Director

      Also, on the bottom left it has a date:

      Current as of November 1974

  2. Ed Darrell says:

    How can we get a copy of that poster for our U.S. history and government classes?

    I can’t read all of it in the photo — but from my experience staffing the Senate for a decade or so, that chart beats others that are available.

    What program was used to create it? Could you make it available for download?

  3. OSWALDO SANVITI says:

    yo solo veo una turbina turbo fan de un 747

  4. Ellen says:

    After looking at this poster I would say making sausages is easier but just as messy.

  5. Todd says:

    Is this poster up in a location where a member of the public could photograph it? And if so, where?

    • Andrew Weber says:

      No, the poster isn’t hanging in a public location. Sorry!

Add a Comment

This blog is governed by the general rules of respectful civil discourse. You are fully responsible for everything that you post. The content of all comments is released into the public domain unless clearly stated otherwise. The Library of Congress does not control the content posted. Nevertheless, the Library of Congress may monitor any user-generated content as it chooses and reserves the right to remove content for any reason whatever, without consent. Gratuitous links to sites are viewed as spam and may result in removed comments. We further reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to remove a user's privilege to post content on the Library site. Read our Comment and Posting Policy.


Required fields are indicated with an * asterisk.