Primary function of Congress
What is write and pass laws for the nation
A tactic used to delay or prevent a vote on a bill by extending debate indefinitely in the senate
What is a filibuster?
When the president vetos a bill it ...
What is returning to the originating chamber and a 2/3s vote from both chambers to override?
_ can initiate the idea for a bill
What is anyone?
These are reasons that laws can be created (give three)
This happens when one chamber doesn't pass a bill and is not sent to a conference committee
What is when a bill dies?
If the president doesn't sign a bill within 10 days
What is becoming law automatically?
_ can write up and sponsor a bill through the process of becoming a law
Person in Congress who controls the House's legislative agenda, deciding which bills are voted on and setting the calendar for debate.
What is the Speaker of the House?
This committee consists of House and Senate members who compromise between bill differences in the House and Senate.
The president influences congress by _ (give two)
What is suggest, and draft laws, and lobby congress.
Chamber of congress member who introduces a bill to legislature
What is a sponsor?
This person has the ability to recognize speakers in Senate debates, rule on procedures, and become the tie-breaking vote when the Senate is split 50-50.
What is the President of the Senate?
Reasons people vote for or against a bill
What is party pressure, ideology, voter pressures, interest groups/lobbying?
This type of legislation only directs federal agencies on how to implement existing laws, usually directed at the executive branch, and can be limited by judicial review and congressional action (passing new legislation to override this)
What is an executive order?
This happens when the president doesn't sign a bill and Congress adjourns during the 10-day period, this makes the bill die automatically and cannot be overridden
What is a pocket veto?