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| an association of members of congress created to advocate a political ideology or regional ethnic or economic interest |
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| a meeting of local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office |
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| the minimum number of members of an assembly that must be present to make a meeting valid (conduct business) |
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| box on the clerks desk in which bills are placed |
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| setting aside a bill against which one or more senators are filibustering |
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| referral first to one committee, then to a second when the first completes its work on the measure |
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| refers to the power of the president to reject a bill |
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| one way for the president to dissapprove a bill sent by congress; if the president does not sign the bill within 10 days of his receiving it, and congress has adjourned within that time, the bills does not become law |
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| the power of an executive (not the president) to veto some provisions in an appropriations bill while approving others |
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| a group of people appointed for a specific function, especially one appointed by a legislature to consider the details of a proposed legislation |
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| composed of some members of a larger committee, board, or other body and reporting to it |
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| a permanent committee that meets regularly |
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| appointed for a limited time and purpose |
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| both representatives and senators serve |
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| made up of reps and sens. appointed to resolve differences in the senate and house versions of the same piece of legislation before final passage |
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| a legislative committee responsible for expediting the passage of bills |
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| after 30 days when a bill dies in the standing committee |
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| an action that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required process |
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| a condition or proviso added to something already said or directed (usually irrelevant) |
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| attracts many, often unrelated floor amendments. consists of many riders |
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| an official count of survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals |
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| a rule sued by the senate to end of limit debate. to pass, 3/5 of the entire senate (or 60 senators) must vote for it |
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House:
Speaker- John Boehman
Majority Leader: Eric Cantor
Majority Whip: Kevin McCarthy
Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi
Minority Whip: Steny Honer
Senate:
President: Jospeh Biden
Pro Tempore: Daniel Inouye
Majority Leader: Harry Reid
Majority Whip: Richard Durbin
Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell
Minority Whip: Jon Kyl |
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| an order from the house rules committee that permits a bill to be amended on the legislative floor |
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| occurs when the HOR committee on rules votes to block all amendments to a legislative proposal on the floor |
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| an order from the House Rules Committee that permits amendments to some areas of the bill but not others on the legislative floor |
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| a trip by a legislative committee to research a bill and obtain information |
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| a device by which any member of the House after a committee has had a bill for 30 days may petition to have it brought to the floor. if a majority of members agree (518) the bill is discharged from the committee |
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| congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering yea or nay to their names |
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| a vote in the committee of the whole in which members file down the aisle of the House and are counted |
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| a congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted |
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| when congressmen vote to please their constituents |
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| vote to please other congress members |
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| ideology affects how they vote |
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| a legislative body, such as the US senate, that achieves stability by staggering the terms of its members (prevents too many seats from changing at once) |
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| power lies in more than area or group |
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| focus all power into one area/branch/person |
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| one that occupies the white house/is in office during a presidential election |
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| the ability of members of congress to mail letters to their constituents free of charge by substituting their signature (frank) for postage |
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| a period of time assigned to a person to serve |
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| period of time from the first assembling of congress to its adjournment |
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| redistribution of representation (seats) in a legislative body |
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| districts are divided unevenly based on population |
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| districts are divided to benefit whatever party is in the a state legislature |
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