Unlike in the House, the scheduling of legislation in the Senate is

A) controlled by the Rules Committee.
B) initiated by means of a discharge petition.
C) governed by closed rather than open rules.
D) handled by the majority and minority leaders.
E) determined ad hoc.


D

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