Power of Purse
Chamber that has the power of the purse
Who is the House?
435
What is the number of representatives in the House?
100
What is how many senator's are in the Senate?
Every two years
What is a congressional election?
Standing one chamber
What is standing committee
Free mailings for incumbents
Voting for someone else's bill so they will vote for yours
What is logrolling
Talking a bill to death
What is a filibuster?
Every 6 years
What is a Senator's election term?
Temporary One chamber committee
This is another word used to describe what the gov. describes and revenue
What is taxes
Attached to a bill so that it can get passed because it wouldn't get passed on it's own.
What is a rider
The senate's check and balance of the President of the United States.
What is confirmation power?
An idea is the first step in this process
What is writing a bill
Standing two chamber committee
What is joint committee
Name one of the three biggest entitlement programs.
What are social security, medicare and medicaid
Used to collect votes and influence how legislator's vote
What is a whip?
6 years
What is the Senator's term
The final step in a bill becoming law
Temporary two chamber committee
What is conference committee
This is the largest discretionary spending expenditure
What is defense
A bill with multiple rider's that gets flagged for wasteful spending
What a Christmas tree bill?
The process of stopping a filibuster
What is a cloture
The amendment that made for the direct election of Senator's
What is the 17th Amendment?
The ways and mean committee would be an example of this type of committee
what is standing committee