How to fix the Senate’s procedure and practice

Well-designed procedural rules and practices can also increase Senators’ effectiveness and efficiency. In this column, I’ll offer a few suggestions for modernizing the Senate’s procedure and practice.

The Senate's Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Committee, pictured at a meeting on May 9, 2019, in the Senate Building. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY B. THOMAS HALL

December 5, 2022

Parliamentary procedure and practice are of course intended to ensure a fair and orderly transaction of Senate business. But well-designed procedural rules and practices can also increase Senators’ effectiveness and efficiency. In this column, I’ll offer a few suggestion...

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