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Need to Brush Up on Your Wonk Lingo?

Mon, 09/08/2008 - 5:19pm — Anonymous

Luckily, the good folks at the ACLU have your back. They've just posted the concluding installment of "Congress-ese [1]," a series of blog entries aimed at teaching you stuff about Congress you didn't learn in social studies class.

Find the answers to questions like:

Why is the House Committee on Rules so important [2]?
What's the significance of "unanimous consent [3]"?
How do filibusters and cloture [4] work?

And much more. A valuable learning resource. Well done, ACLUers!

PFAW

Source URL: http://blog.pfaw.org/content/need-brush-up-your-wonk-lingo

Links:
[1] http://blog.aclu.org/tag/congress-ese/
[2] http://blog.aclu.org/2008/09/02/congress-ese-house-rules-committee/
[3] http://blog.aclu.org/2008/09/04/the-golden-child-of-the-legislative-process/
[4] http://blog.aclu.org/2008/09/05/filibuster-not-just-a-ska-band-from-sacramento/
[5] http://blog.pfaw.org/category/organizations/aclu
[6] http://blog.pfaw.org/category/organizations/learn
[7] http://blog.pfaw.org/category/topics/congress
[8] http://blog.pfaw.org/category/topics/filibuster