Committees
A committee that only meets for one or two terms
What is a select committee?
The starting place for tax legislation
What is the House?
Length of a House term
What is two years?
The spokesperson for the party that holds the least seats
What is the Minority Leader?
Committee which sets limits on debate in the House
What is the House Rules Committee?
A legislature requiring action from a state in order to receive aid
What is a mandate?
Length of Senate terms
What is six years?
This is the spokesperson for the party that holds the most seats.
What is the Majority Leader?
Number of votes needed for cloture in the Senate
What is 60 senators?
Questionings of presidential nominees
What are Senate Confirmation hearings?
The practice of exchanging favors, especially in politics by reciprocal voting for each other's proposed legislation
What is logrolling?
This person presides over the body of the House of Representatives. The title includes supervision, directing the daily order of business, assigning committee leadership, and naming members to select committees.
What is the Speaker of the House?
The process in which a bill leaves committee.
What is voting out of committee?
A type of investigation that usually occurs before a potential impeachment vote.
What is an impeachment inquiry?
Incumbency rate for the House
What is 94.5%?
In absensence of the Vice President this person serves as the Senate leader.
What is the President Pro Tempore?
Standing Committees in the Senate
What is the Agriculture Committee; the Appropriations Committee; the Armed Services Committee; the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee; the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee; the Environment and Public Works Committee; the Finance Committee; the Foreign Relations Committee; the Governmental Affairs Committee; the Judiciary Committee; and the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee?
In the Senate this procedure is used to quickly end unlimited Debate.
What is a cloture?
Other use for House electoral districts
What are Electoral College Districts?
This person works to ensure that their fellow political party legislators attend voting sessions and vote according to their party's official policy.
What is the whip?