Chapter 21 - Relations
with the House of Representatives
Communications
between the two Houses
Senate standing orders are concerned only with formal communications
between the Houses, as distinct from the many private communications and
consultations between members and office-holders of the Houses. The latter,
while indispensable to the efficient and orderly conduct of parliamentary
proceedings, are of course not regulated by formal rules.
Communications with the House of Representatives may be by:
The most common form of communication is by message. Conferences are
treated below. For committees conferring with each other, see Chapter 16,
Committees; a committee of the Senate may confer with a committee of the House
of Representatives only by order of the Senate.
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