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Stanley Bach
May 2012

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY, HEARINGS, REPORTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

"Select Committees of the House of Representatives: Historical Context and Recent Development," in U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Rules, Guidelines for the Establishment of Select Committees. Report of the Subcommittee on the Rules and Organization of the House. Subcommittee print; 95th Congress, 1st Session; October 31, 1977.

"Principal Recommendations of the Commission on the Operation of the Senate," in U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Legislative Branch Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1978. Hearings; 95th Congress, 1st Session, Part 2; 1977.

"Television Coverage of State Legislative Floor Proceedings," in U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Rules, Broadcasting the Proceedings of the House. House Report No. 95-881; 95th Congress, 2nd Session; February 15, 1978.

"Enactment of National Energy Legislation: The Legislative Process," in U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Energy Initiatives of the 95th Congress. Committee print; 96th Congress, 1st Session; May 1979.

"Considerations Affecting Evaluations of Alternative Committee Systems," in U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Final Report of the Select Committee on Committees. House Report No. 96-866; 96th Congress, 2nd Session; April 1, 1980.

Testimony on Senate Resolution 20, in U.S. Congress, Senate, Television and Radio Coverage of Proceedings in the Senate Chamber. Hearings before the Committee on Rules and Administration; 97th Congress, 1st Session; April-May 1981.

"Legislative Activity," Chapter 3 of Congressional Handbook, U.S. Senate Edition. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Committee on Rules and Administration; November 1982. (Co-author and editor.)

Testimony on expedited procedures, especially relating to the legislative veto, in U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Legislative Veto After Chadha. Hearings before the Committee on Rules; 98th Congress, 2nd Session; November 1983; February-May 1984.

Testimony and prepared statement on the motion to recommit, in U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Rules, Roundtable Discussion on the Motion to Recommit. Print of the Subcommittee on Rules of the House; 102d Congress, 2d Session; May 6, 1992.

Testimony on unfunded mandates legislation, before the House Committee on Rules, January 5, 1995.

Testimony on item veto legislation, before the House Committee on Rules, January 26, 1995.

Testimony on civility in the House of Representatives, before the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House, Committee on Rules; April 29, 1999.

"Senate Consideration of Treaties," in U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, Treaties and Other International Agreements: The Role of the United States Senate. Senate Print No. 106-71; 106th Congress, 2nd Session; January 2001. (With David Ackerman)

Testimony on filibusters, cloture, and nominations, prepared for the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration; June 5, 2003.

Testimony on filibusters and cloture in the Senate at hearing before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Rules and Administration. Examining the Filibuster. S. Hrg. 111-706. April 22, 2010.

ARTICLES AND PAPERS

"Congress and Dissent: A Preliminary Overview," a paper presented at the 1970 Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association.

"Wandering the Corridors of Power." Unpublished paper, August 1971.

"A Game Theoretical Approach to the Legislative Process," Polity, v. IV, n. 4, Summer 1972.

Perspectives on the Presidency (D.C. Heath and Company, 1974). (Co-editor and contributor.)

"The Structure of Choice in the House of Representatives: Recent Uses of Special Rules," a paper presented at the 1980 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

"Special Rules in the House of Representatives: Themes and Contemporary Variations," Congressional Studies, v. 8, n. 2, 1981. Based on 1980 APSA paper.

"The Structure of Choice in the House of Representatives: The Impact of Complex Special Rules," Harvard Journal on Legislation, v. 18, n. 3, Summer 1981. Based on 1980 APSA paper.

"Bicameral Conflict and Accommodation in Congressional Procedure," a paper presented at the 1981 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

"Germaneness Rules and Bicameral Relations in the U.S. Congress," Legislative Studies Quarterly, v. 7, n. 3, August 1982. Based on a paper presented at the 1981 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

"Parliamentary Strategy and the Amendment Process: Rules and Case Studies of Congressional Action," Polity, v. XV, n. 4, Summer 1983. Originally presented at the Public Choice Workshop of the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

"Senator and Senate: Influence on the Legislative Agenda," a paper presented at the 1983 Convention of the Speech Communications Association.

"Membership, Committees, and Change in the House of Representatives," a paper presented at the 1984 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

"A Legislative Simulation for Congressional Staff," Teaching Political Science, v. 12, n. 3, Spring 1985.

"Representatives and Committees on the Floor: Amendments to Appropriations Bills in the House of Representatives, 1963-1982," Congress and the Presidency, v. 13, n. 1, Spring 1986. Based on a paper presented at the 1985 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

"Craftsmanship on Capitol Hill: The Pattern of Diversity in Special Rules," a paper presented at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. (With Steven S. Smith.)

Managing Uncertainty in the House of Representatives: Adaptation and Innovation in Special Rules (The Brookings Institution, 1988). (With Steven S. Smith.)

"Patterns of Floor Consideration in the House of Representatives," Occasional Paper 88-9 of the Center for American Political Studies of Harvard University.

"The Nature of Congressional Rules," The Journal of Law & Politics, v. V, n. 4, Summer 1989. Based on a paper presented at the 1987 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

"Legislation, Appropriations, and Limitations: The Effect of Procedural Change on Policy Choice," a paper presented at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. (With Richard C. Sachs)

"Suspension of the Rules, the Order of Business, and the Development of Congressional Procedure," Legislative Studies Quarterly, v. 15, n. 1, February 1990. Based on a paper presented at the 1986 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

"From Special Orders to Special Rules: Pictures of House Procedures in Transition," a paper presented at the 1990 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

"The Senate's Compliance with Its Legislative Rules: The Appeal of Order," in Congress & the Presidency, v. 18, n. 1, Spring 1991, pp. 77-92. Based on "The Appeal of Order: The Senate's Compliance With Its Legislative Rules," a paper presented at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.

"Law-Making in Kazakhstan: A Baseline Analysis of the Supreme Soviet," Demokratizatsiya, v. 1, n. 4, 1993, pp. 56-71. Originally presented in modified form at the May 1993 Conference on the Role of Legislatures and Parliaments in Democratizing and Newly Democratic Regimes, Paris, France; reprinted in Lawrence D. Longley (editor), Working Papers on Comparative Legislative Studies (Appleton, WI: Research Committee of Legislative Specialists of the International Political Science Association, 1993).

"From Soviet to Parliament in Ukraine: A Status Report on the Verkhovna Rada in 1992," a paper presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association; published in Congressional Studies Journal (The Philippines), v. 2, n. 1, January 1994, pp. 73-94.

"Legislating: Floor and Conference Procedures in Congress," in Joel H. Silbey (editor in chief), Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System (New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1994), v. 2, pp. 701-720.

"The Congressional Research Service in the American Political System," in Russian translation in Librarianship and Bibliography Abroad, n. 137 (Russian State Library, Moscow, 1994).

"Parliamentary Reform in Zambia: Constitutional Design and Institutional Capacity," a paper presented at the XVIth World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Berlin, Germany, 1994.

Articles on "Amending," "Dilatory Motions," "Previous Question," "Resolutions," "Riders," and "Suspension of the Rules" in Donald C. Bacon, Roger H. Davidson, and Morton Keller (editors), The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995).

"Parliamentary Rules and Judicial Review in Romania," East European Constitutional Review, v. 4, n. 3, Summer 1995, pp. 49-53. (With Susan Benda)

"President and Parliament in Zambia". Unpublished manuscript. 1995.

"From Soviet to Parliament in Ukraine: The Verkhovna Rada During 1992-1994," in The Journal of Legislative Studies, v. 2, n. 1, Spring 1996, pp. 213-230; also in David M. Olson and Philip Norton (eds.), The New Parliaments of Central and Eastern Europe (London: Frank Cass and Company Ltd, 1996), pp. 213-230.

"A Tree Grows in Washington: The Crystallization and Interpretation of Amendment Rules in the House of Representatives," a paper presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. (With Elizabeth Rybicki)

"The Nature of Legislative Rules in the United States Congress," in Spanish translation as "La naturaleza de las Normas parlamentarias en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos," in Juan Carlos da Silva Ochoa, Las Fuentes Del Derecho Parlamentario (Sources of Parliamentary Law) (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Parlamento Vasco, 1996).

"Rules, Rulings, and the Rule of Law in Congress," a paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.

"Intent and Interpretation of Amendment Rules in the House of Representatives," a paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. (With Elizabeth Rybicki)

Article on the national assembly of Ukraine in George Kurian (editor), World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures (Washington: CQ Press, 1998).

"The Office of Speaker in Comparative Perspective," in The Journal of Legislative Studies, v. 5, ns. 3/4, Autumn/Winter 1999, pp. 209-254; also in Lawrence D. Longley and Reuven Y. Hazan (eds.), The Uneasy Relationships Between Parliamentary Members and Leaders (London: Frank Cass and Company Ltd, 2000), 209-254; and in Lawrence D. Longley, Attila, Agh, and Drago Zajc (eds.), Parliamentary Members and Leaders: The Delicate Balance, v. IV of Working Papers on Comparative Legislative Studies (Appleton, WI: Research Committee of Legislative Specialists of the International Political Science Association, 2000).

"Incentives and Opportunities for Oversight: Comparative Implications of the American Congressional Experience," a paper presented at the 2000 World Congress of the International Political Science Association.

"Constitutional Reform in Georgia." Unpublished paper. July 2002.

Platypus and Parliament: The Australian Senate in Theory and Practice (Department of the Senate, Parliament of Australia, 2003). Available online at www.aph.gov.au/senate/ pubs/platparl/contents/index.htm.

"A Delicate Balance: The Accidental Genius of Australian Politics," a paper presented at Parliament House, Canberra, February 2003, as part of the Australian Senate Occasional Lecture Series. Published in Bicameralism and Accountability. Papers on Parliament No. 40. Department of the Senate, Canberra, December 2003; pp. 39-56. Available online at www.aph.gov.au/Senate/pubs/pops/index.htm.

The Australian and American Senates: A Comparison. Research Paper No. 5 2003-04. Information and Research Services, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Commonwealth of Australia, 2004. Available online at www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/rp03-04.htm.

"Rules of Procedure for National Assemblies: An Introduction", a paper written for distribution in Iraq by the Center for International Development of the State University of New York (SUNY), Albany; January 2005. Published in March 2008 as Parliamentary Studies Paper #1, Parliamentary Studies Centre, Crawford School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University, Canberra. Available online at www.parliamentarystudies.anu.edu.au/ publications.php. Also available in the Comparative Assessment of Parliaments (CAPNOTES) series of the Center for International Development, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy of the University at Albany (www.cid.suny.edu/resources_ publications_CIDnotes _CAP.cfm).

"Strengthening Legislative Information Services: A Report for the Parliament of Jordan," written at the request of the Center for International Development of the State University of New York (SUNY), Albany; December 2005.

"Mandates, Consensus, Compromise, and the Senate," a paper presented at Parliament House, Canberra, October 2007, as part of the Australian Senate Occasional Lecture Series. Published in The Senate and Accountability. Papers on Parliament No. 48. Department of the Senate, Canberra, January 2008; pp. 49-66. Available online at www.aph.gov.au/Senate/pubs/pops/index.htm.

"Senate Amendments and Legislative Outcomes, 1996-2007," Australian Journal of Political Science, v. 43, n. 3, September 2008, pp. 395-423.

"Why a Senate? The Federalist Perspective, Then and Now," a paper presented at Parliament House, Canberra, October 2008, at a conference on "Bicameralism: Australia in Comparative Perspective," sponsored by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia and the Parliamentary Studies Centre of the Crawford School of Economics and Government, the Australian National University.

"Crisp, the Senate, and the Constitution," Australian Journal of Politics and History, v. 54, n. 4, December 2008, pp. 545-561.

"Strengthening Australia's Senate: Some Modest Proposals for Reform." In Parliament, Politics and Power, Papers on Parliament No. 50. Department of the Senate, Canberra, March 2009; pp. 69-118. Available online at www.aph.gov.au/Senate/pubs/pops/index.htm

"Divided Loyalties: Early Memories of Chicago Baseball." Unpublished paper. September 2009.

"Congressional Self-Discipline," Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, forthcoming. Originally presented at the conference on "Ethics and Integrity in Parliament: Emerging Perspectives," sponsored by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia and the Parliamentary Studies Centre of the Crawford School of Economics and Government, the Australian National University; Canberra; December 2009.

"Reaching Bicameral Legislative Agreement in Canberra and Washington." In Papers on Parliament No. 53. Department of the Senate, Canberra, June 2010; pp. 97-142.. Available online at www.aph.gov.au/ Senate/pubs/pops/index.htm. Also presented at the Ninth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, sponsored by the Centre for Legislative Studies at the University of Hull; Wroxton College, Oxfordshire, UK; July 2010.

"Observations on Bicameralism." Paper presented at the Center for International Development, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York; November 2010.

"Standards of Conduct in National Assemblies: The American Experience and Its Comparative Implications". Unpublished Paper. December 2010.

"Implementing Bicameralism in Kenya: Issues and Options." Unpublished Paper. Prepared for the Center for International Development, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York; December 2010.

"Bicameralism and the Dynamics of Contested Transitions" (with John Uhr and Louis Massicotte). In Paul 't Hart and John Uhr (eds.) How Power Changes Hands: Transition and Succession in Government. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).

"Lawmaking in Action: A Congressional Simulation. A Briefing Book for Participants and Staff." Prepared at the request of the Washington Center. March 2011.

"Knowledge, Power, and National Assemblies." Paper presented at the Center for International Development, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York; April 2011.

"Illustrative Standing Rules for a Multi-Party Assembly in a Bicameral and Presidential System". Unpublished Paper. May 2012.
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