markup session
Document revision gathering
A markup session is a formal meeting where legislators review a bill line by line, proposing and voting on amendments before sending it to the full chamber.
The term comes from the literal marking up of draft text with changes: The committee held a markup session on the infrastructure bill.
In publishing, a markup session may refer to editors annotating a manuscript for typesetting or design changes.
- legislativeConcerning the creation of laws
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- committee roomChamber for group deliberations
- closed doorRestricted access meeting
- behind closed doorsIn private, unobserved
amendment · line item · bill · drafting · editing · revision · Congress · senators · representatives · hearing · negotiation · redline · red ink · strike through · language · provision · clause · debate
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- congressional hearingscommittee, confirmation hearings, subcommittee, legislative hearings, witnesses
- Congressional proceedingshearings, votes, debates, roll call, testimony
- federal budgetfederal budget, appropriations, deficit, national budget, surplus
- Senatesenate seat, Senate floor, senior senator, Senate chamber, confirmation hearings
- legislative actionsvote, floor vote, roll call, voice vote, filibuster
markup sessionfloor vote
Legislators voting together formally
final vote · roll call vote · passage · veto · signing ceremony
markup, session, mark, marked, marking, marks, marker, markers, markings