From the Congressional Glossary – Including Legislative and Budget Terms
Parliamentary Inquiry
Parliamentary Inquiry regarding the New York Yankees – November 5, 2009
A question from the floor to the presiding officer by a member requesting a clarification of the procedural situation on the floor. Responses to parliamentary inquiries are not rulings of the presiding officer but may lead the member posing the inquiry or another to raise a point of order.
More
- Parliamentary inquiry – Wikipedia
- “Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their Use in the House, 1947-2017,” CRS Report R40879 (86-page PDF
) - “The Office of the Parliamentarian in the House and Senate,” CRS Report RS20544 (4-page PDF)
- “House Committee Markups: Manual of Procedures and Procedural Strategies,” CRS Report R41083 (220-page PDF)
- “Germaneness of Debate in the Senate: The Pastore Rule,” CRS Report R45134 (14-page PDF)
- “House Committee Chairs: Considerations, Decisions, and Actions as One Congress Ends and a New Congress Begins,” CRS Report RL34679 (35-page PDF)
- “The Office of the Parliamentarian in the House and Senate,” CRS Report RS20544 (4-page PDF)
- “Senate Rules Restricting the Content of Conference Reports,” CRS Report RS22733 (9-page PDF)
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