Vocab
A president's refusal to sign a bill
what is a veto
A proposed law
What is a bill
The very beginning of a bill
what is an idea
This is a permanent committee in the Senate (or the House)
What is a standing committee
This law is charging someone with a crime that they committed before that act was illegal
What is an ex post factor law
The minimum number of elected officials needed to conduct business
What is a quorom
These bills deal with individual people or places
What is a private bill
This is the signal that a bill is ready to be read to a house
What is placing the bill in the hopper
This house of Congress does not set a time limit on how long an elected official can debate a bill
What is the Senate
No state can grant this, a document allowing a private citizen to seize the property of another nation
What is a letter of marque
A senator's attempt to talk a bill to death
What is a filibuster
These bills deal with general matters that apply to the nation as a whole
what is a public bill
This type of bill must always originate in the house
What is a revenue bill
This is how many times a bill is read to the Senate before it is VOTED on
What is 3 times (3rd reading)
How Congress overrides a presidential veto
What is 2/3 majority vote in both houses of Congress
Making chances to a bill in committee
What is marking up
This resolution is a position on an issue adopted by congress as a whole
what is a concurrent resolution
This is the time period in which a pocket veto becomes an option
what is 10 days before congress adjourns its session
This committee meets if the House & the Senate pass difference versions of the same bill
What is a conference committee
The privilege that states that members cannot be sued or prosecuted for anything said in Congress
What is Congressional immunity
Setting a bill aside in hopes that it will die in committee
This resolution has the force of law when passed and must be signed into law
what is a joint resolution
This body grants each bill a time (rule) to be heard in the House
What is the house rules committee
The two options a President has when looking at a bill
What is vetoing & signing
The circumstances in which the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended
What is during rebellion or invasion