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• Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of Representatives, Including References to Provisions of the Constitution and Laws, and to Decisions of the Courts (1974), by Lewis Deschler (PDF and text at house.gov)
• Hughes' American Parliamentary Guide, Prepared for Ohio General Assembly: The Process of Lawmaking (Columbus: F. J. Heer Printing Co., 1922), by Edward Wakefield Hughes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lex Parliamentaria Americana: Elements of the Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies in the United States of America (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1856), by Luther Stearns Cushing (page images at MOA)
• House Practice: A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House (current and past editions, 1996-present), contrib. by Wm. Holmes Brown, Charles W. Johnson, John V. Sullivan, and Thomas J. Wickham (PDF and text files with commentary at govinfo.gov)
• A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States (Washington: Davis and Force, 1820), by Thomas Jefferson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Warrington's Manual: A Manual for the Information of Officers and Members of Legislatures, Conventions, Societies, Corporations, Orders, Etc., by William S. Robinson (page images at MOA)

• Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States, by United States House of Representatives, contrib. by Thomas Jefferson (partial serial archives)

• Filibuster Abuse (New York: Brennan Center for Justice, c2010), by Mimi Marziani, contrib. by Susan M. Liss (PDF with commentary at brennancenter.org)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Pocket Manual of Rules of Order For Deliberative Assemblies (Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Company, 1876), by Henry M. Robert (Gutenberg text)
• Reed's Parliamentary Rules: A Manual of General Parliamentary Law, With Suggestions for Special Rules, by Thomas B. Reed (HTML at wa.gov)
• Robert's Rules of Order Revised (1915 edition), by Henry M. Robert (searchable HTML at Bartleby)
• Your Farm Bureau (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1958), by Alice Sturgis, contrib. by Richard Armour, illust. by Leo Hershfield and Alan Atkins (page images at HathiTrust)

• Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, by Alberta Legislative Assembly (PDF at assembly.ab.ca)

• About the House, by Australia House of Representatives (partial serial archives)

• The Woman's Manual of Parliamentary Law: With Practical Illustrations Especially Adapted to Women's Organizations (fourth edition; Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1894), by Harriette R. Shattuck (page images at HathiTrust)

• Manual of Parliamentary Procedures in the Government of India (current edition, published in or after 2018), by India Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (PDF in India)

• Standing Orders and Rules of the National Assembly, by Mauritius National Assembly (JavaScript-dependent HTML in Mauritius)

• How a Bill Becomes Law in New Brunswick, by New Brunswick Legislative Assembly (HTML at gnb.ca)

• How a Bill Becomes Law in New Brunswick, by New Brunswick Legislative Assembly (HTML at gnb.ca)

• Standing Orders of the National Assembly of Tanzania (in Swahili; 2007, 2013, and 2016 editions), by Tanzania National Assembly (partial serial archives)

• To Enlarge the Machinery of Government: Congressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858-1891 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007), by Williamjames Hoffer (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)

• The IDEA Guide to the 2012 U.S. Presidential Debates (New York et al: International Debate Education Association, 2012), contrib. by Bruce Lee Zellers (PDF with commentary at Wayback Machine)

• Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858 in Illinois, Including the Preceding Speeches of Each at Chicago, Springfield, etc.; Also the Two Great Speeches of Abraham Lincoln in Ohio in 1859 (Cleveland: Burrows Bros. Co., 1897), by Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (HTML at Bartleby)
• Stephen A. Douglas: Annual Address Delivered Before the Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois, January 31, 1908 (Springfield, IL: Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers, 1909), by Adlai E. Stevenson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Writings of Abraham Lincoln (national edition, 8 volumes; New York: Lamb Pub. Co., n.d.), by Abraham Lincoln, ed. by Arthur Brooks Lapsley, contrib. by Theodore Roosevelt, Carl Schurz, Joseph Hodges Choate, Noah Brooks, and Stephen A. Douglas
  • Volume 1 (1832-1843): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (1843-1858): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (Lincoln-Douglas Debates I): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Lincoln-Douglas Debates II): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (1858-1862): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 6 (1862-1863): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 7 (1863-1865): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 8 (Life of Lincoln): multiple formats at archive.org
• The Writings of Abraham Lincoln (biographical eighth volume by Noah Brooks omitted), by Abraham Lincoln, ed. by Arthur Brooks Lapsley (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Rise and Development of the Bicameral System in America (Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, series 13, #5; 1895), by Thomas Francis Moran
  • multiple formats at Indiana
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• A Check List of Legislative Journals Issued Since 1937 by the States of the United States of America (Chicago: American Library Association, 1955), by William R. Pullen (page images at HathiTrust)

• The History of Legislative Methods in the Period Before 1825 (New Haven: Yale University Press; et al., 1917), by Ralph Volney Harlow (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Devaluation of the Urban and Suburban Vote: A Statistical Investigation of Long-Term Trends in State Legislative Representation (2 volumes in 1; Charlottesville, VA: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Virginia, 1961-1962), by Paul T. David and Ralph Eisenberg (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Legislative Committee Game: A Comparative Analysis of Fifty States (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1989), by Wayne L. Francis (PDF at Ohio State)

• State Legislatures Magazine (partial serial archives)

• A Check List of Legislative Journals Issued Since 1937 by the States of the United States of America (Chicago: American Library Association, 1955), by William R. Pullen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Check-List of Legislative Journals of States of the United States of America (Providence, RI: The Oxford Press, 1938), by Grace E. Macdonald, contrib. by National Association of State Libraries Public Document Clearing House Committee
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • PDF at archive.org

• Contempt of Congress: The Trial of Earl Browder (Yonkers, NY: Earl Browder, 1951), contrib. by Earl Browder, Louis B. Boudin, and United States District Court (District of Columbia) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters, volume 1: Investigations and Prosecutions, by Lawrence E. Walsh (HTML at fas.org)
• Contempt of Congress: The Trial of Earl Browder (Yonkers, NY: Earl Browder, 1951), contrib. by Earl Browder, Louis B. Boudin, and United States District Court (District of Columbia) (page images at HathiTrust)
• In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1949, No. 248: John Howard Lawson, Petitioner, vs. United States of America, Respondent; No. 249: Dalton Trumbo, Petitioner, vs. United States of America, Respondent: Brief of Alexander Meiklejohn, of Cultural Workers in Motion Pictures and Other Arts, and of Members of the Professions, as Amici Curiae (Los Angeles: Parker and Co., printers, ca. 1949), by Max Radin and Carey McWilliams, contrib. by Alexander Meiklejohn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Delaware, by Delaware House of Representatives (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Senate of the State of Delaware, by Delaware Senate (partial serial archives)

• House Journals, by Florida House of Representatives (partial serial archives)
• Senate Journals, by Florida Senate (partial serial archives)
• Acts and Resolutions of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, by Florida Legislative Council (1822-1845) (partial serial archives)

• Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia, by Georgia Senate (partial serial archives)

• The New York State Legislative Process: An Evaluation and Blueprint for Reform (New York: Brennan Center for Justice, c2004), by Jeremy M. Creelan and Laura M. Moulton (PDF with commentary at brennancenter.org)

• A Comprehensive View of our Country and Its Resources (1876), by James D. McCabe (page images at MOA)

• River Basin Surveys Papers (partial serial archives)
• Prehistoric Pottery of the Eastern United States (looseleaf series from the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1950s), ed. by James B. Griffin (page images at HathiTrust)

• Tax Expenditures: The Hidden Entitlements (second edition; Washington: Citizens for Tax Justice, 1996), by Robert S. McIntyre (HTML and PDF at ctj.org)
• Financing of Aswan High Dam in Egypt: Hearing Before the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session. January 26, 1956 (Washington: GPO, 1956), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations (page images at HathiTrust)

• America the Vulnerable: Our Military Problems and How to Fix Them (Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute, ca. 2002), ed. by John F. Lehman and Harvey Sicherman (PDF with commentary at fpri.org)
• Conventional Coercion Across the Spectrum of Operations: The Utility of U.S. Military Forces in the Emerging Security Environment (Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2002), by David E. Johnson, Karl P. Mueller, and William H. Taft (PDF files at rand.org)
• Hearings, Relating to H.R. 959, Amending the Internal Security Act of 1950 (Obstruction of Armed Forces) (Washington: GPO, 1969), by United States House Committee on Internal Security (page images at HathiTrust)

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