Friday, November 13, 2009
What is a Committee Markup? It's Next For ENDA.
Posted by Mara Keisling at 4:09 PM
http://nctequality.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-is-committee-markup-its-next-for.htmlAs we have noted, ENDA will finally see committee action in the House of Representative this next Tuesday, November 18. This action is called a markup. So what is that?
A markup is a session in which a Congressional committee does its work. It is called a markup because, basically, the committee takes a proposed piece of legislation and marks it up, thus amending it. (Marking up used to mean that they actually wrote the amendments on it—they don't do that anymore.) Members of the particular Committee make statements, consider and vote on amendments and then refer the bill to the full House for debate and a final vote.
I'll walk you through what that means, using ENDA and the House Education and Labor Committee as examples. Here is what to expect.
