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A vote in which members of a chamber shout "yea" or "nay"
What is a voice vote
This happens when the bill passes through one chamber of Congress
What is the bill is sent to the other chamber
This occurs when the president does not sign a bill after 10 days and Congress has been adjourned
What is a pocket veto
The action of a president to return a bill by marking it with this term
What is veto
This act is one of the most famous pieces of legislation from the 20th century and was signed by former president Lyndon B. Johnson
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
A vote consisting of members standing
What is a division vote
This is the first process that occurs when a bill arrives at the other chamber of Congress
What is referred to committee
This occurs if the president does not sign a bill after 10 days and Congress is still in session
What is the bill becomes a law
The percentage required for Congress to override a veto
What is two-thirds
A bill created "to extend the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families and related programs through June 30, 2019"
What is the TANF Extension Act of 2019
What committee is in charge of voting on bills
What is the Committee of the Whole
What is a conference committee
The president may decide to let a bill become a law instead of vetoing it because of this condition
What is the veto would be overridden by Congress
The process, outlawed in 1995, of assigning a bill to multiple committees
What is multiple referral
This act, passed in 2019, commemorates the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
What is the Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act of 2019
A vote wherein members have their vote recorder by a clerk
What is a teller vote
This is prepared when the two committees agree on the final version of a bill
What is a conference report
Most bills are drafted in favor of the president's opinion for this reason
What is vetos are rarely overridden
The process, instituted after 1995, of assigning parts of a bill to several committees
What is sequential referral
This act was pocket vetoed by former president Bill Clinton
What is the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000
A vote in which members shout "yea" or "nay" to indicate how individual members are voting
What is a roll-call vote
The person who receives the final copy of a bill when Congress agrees on it
Who is the president
This many bills were vetoed by the President Trump in the first session of the 116th Congress
What is 6 bills
The ability of a super-majority in a chamber of Congress to remove a bill from being stalled in committee to being considered on the chamber floor
What is discharge petition
This bill was passed in just 135 days and increased the amount of people signed up to vote
What is the National Voter Registration Act of 1993