Jefferson's Manual

Jefferson 's Manual, published as A Manual of Parliamentary Practice is a 1801 book written by Thomas Jefferson book that examines the parliamentary Rules of Procedure of the time and assigns concise. Originally written for the Senate, it complements today as a binding factory, the Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives.

Jefferson based the book on notes, which he had made ​​during his training by William Small at the College of William and Mary. Jefferson took over as Vice President participates in the meetings of the Senate, which he chaired from 1796 to 1800, noted the confusion and disorder that was there through the often vague rules of procedure and decided to reshape his notes to a stringent factory.

Currently, it is mainly in the public debate, as it next to the application by a majority in the House of Representatives provides another way to start impeachment. One possibility, which drew some of the opponents of George W. Bush are:

The section of the Manual 's was forgotten until Karen Yarbrough, Representative from Illinois, rediscovered him on 24 January 2006. Then, draft resolutions were put on the agenda in California, Illinois and Vermont, which, had they been adopted, this impeachment would set in motion. Other states with a Democratic majority in the parliament discussed above.

The original manuscript of the manual is located in the Library of Congress.

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