Commit to it
These permanent committees serve as filters for legislation introduced in both the House and Senate
What are standing committees?
A bill is most likely to die at this step in the legislative process
What is the standing committee.
This is one difference between the House and Senate regarding the bill-to-law process
What are time restrictions in the House, requirement that speech be relevant/germane in the House, no Rules Committee in the Senate?
This is the name for the formal procedure used by the Senate to break a filibuster.
What is cloture?
Brutus I represented the viewpoint of this group during the period of ratification
Who are the anti-federalists
These bodies help further divide the workload for standing committees by marking up bills and reporting back.
What are subcommittees?
In addition to reporting a bill favorably or unfavorably, a committee also has these 3 additional options
What are killing, amending, or substituting a new bill?
While the House and Senate share many of their powers, these are two powers that are unique to the House alone
What are charging impeachments, introducing revenue bills, electing the president in the case no one wins 270 electoral votes?
U.S. v. Lopez limited the scope of the federal government’s powers in regards to this clause
What is the Commerce Clause
To guard against the dangers of factions, the author of Federalist 10 supported this type of government.
What are large, diverse republics
The House January 6th Investigative Committee is an example of this type of committee.
What are select committees?
If Congress adjourns before the president is given 10 full days to consider a bill and he fails to sign a bill within that time frame, the result is known by this name.
What is a pocket veto?
When a state sets the requirement that all people must wear seat belts in the car, they are carrying out these powers.
What are police powers?
Acting as an assistant to the floor leader, this party official is responsible for counting votes prior to a roll call and pressuring members to vote in favor of their party's position.
Who are party whips?
The Constitution opens with these three words, immediately establishing the concept of popular sovereignty—that the government's power comes from its citizens.
What is "we the people"?
This committee has jurisdiction over taxation and other revenue raising measures in the House
What is the House Ways and Means Committee?
What is the Rules Committee?
If the government were run by a group of upper-class individuals, it would be exemplifying this theory of democracy.
What is elite theory of democracy?
States are bound to honor marriage licenses granted in the other 49 states, exemplifying this constitutional clause
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause
To assuage fears that a Bill of Rights couldn't list every protection, this amendment states that listing certain rights does not deny others retained by the people.
What is the 9th amendment
If a bill is stalled in committee, this procedure (while rarely used) can get it out.
What is a discharge petition?
The Speaker of the House or the Senate Majority Leader makes this important determination at the beginning of the bill to law process
What is committee designation?
This case upheld the supremacy of the federal government, arguing that the "power to tax is the power to destroy."
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Issued by the House Rules Committee, this procedural guideline sets strict time limits on debate and forbids any amendments from being offered on the floor.
What is a closed rule?
Heavily influenced by John Locke's social contract theory, this 1776 document argues that governments derive their just powers from the "consent of the governed" to protect unalienable rights.
What is the Declaration of Independence?