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Citation rules/Legislative materials/13.5 Debates

Use “(daily ed.)” or the year alone

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A page prefixed H, S, E or D is from the daily edition, whose citations carry the full date of the debate; a bare page number is the bound edition and takes the year alone.1

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  1. 1R. 13.5 Debates; B13 Legislative Materials.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousCite the debate to the Congressional RecordNextUse the earlier debate series

More in Legislative materials

  1. Abbreviate the legislative body
  2. Add the bill or resolution number
  3. Add the legislative session
  4. Add the number of the Congress
  5. Add the state to the parenthetical
  6. Add the year of publication
  7. Cite the debate to the Congressional Record
  8. Use “(daily ed.)” or the year alone
  9. Use the earlier debate series

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More in Legislative materials

  1. Abbreviate the legislative body
  2. Add the bill or resolution number
  3. Add the legislative session
  4. Add the number of the Congress
  5. Add the state to the parenthetical
  6. Add the year of publication
  7. Cite the debate to the Congressional Record
  8. Use “(daily ed.)” or the year alone
  9. Use the earlier debate series

Back to Legislative materials

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