Types of Committees
Senate Characteristics
House Characteristics
Flow of a Bill
House & Senate
Any & Everything
100
Power centers in Congress
What are committees
100
Limits the filibuster
What is cloture
100
Assists majority and minority leaders
What is whips
100
How bills are brought to the floor in the Senate
Unanimous consent
100
population count
What is census
200
"House traffic officer"
What is Rules Committee
200
List of bills for Senate consideration
What is Calendar of General Orders
200
Name for law before it is signed by President
What is a bill
200
Bills dealing with financial issues
What is Union Calendar
200
Based on population
What is represenation in House of Representatives
300
Resolves differences between two versions of a bill
What is conference committee
300
Presides over the Senate
What is Vice President
300
Required for official action to take place in the House
What is quorum
300
Determines the importance and flow of legislation in the House
What is Speaker of the House
300
Largest body of Congress
What is House of Representatives
400
Specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responsibility
What is subcommittee
400
Steer party's bills through the Senate
What is majority leader
400
Citizenship requiremnt for a Senator
9 years
400
Bills are placed before going to House Rules Committee
Discharge calendar
400
30 years old
What is age to be a Senator
500
Permanent groups in both houses
What are standing committees?
500
Unanimous consent
What is how most business is conducted
500
Presiding officer of the House
What is Speaker
500
First step of a bill in House of Representatives?
Drop in Hopper
500
closed meeting
What is a caucus
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