After a bill is read, named, and numbered, what is the second step it takes in the H.O.R.
What is it (the bill) is sent to the appropriate committee
100
The first Step a bill undergoes in the Senate is?
What is it (the bill) is read, named, and numbered
100
Committees that are permanent are?
What are Standing Committees
100
Number of seats/senators in the Senate
What is 100 seats/senators
100
a provision that would not pass on its own that is attached to an important measure certain to pass
What is a rider
200
(Step 3) After the committee investigates the bill they can either pass it on to step 4 or they can...
What is pigeonhole or kill the bill
200
After the bill is read, named, and numbered, where is it sent?(step 2)
What is to the appropriate committee
200
Divisions of Standing Committees where most of the work on a bill is done are?
What are Subcommittees
200
Number of seats in the House of Representatives
What is 435 seats
200
this takes a bill out of being pigeonholed
What is a discharge petition
300
If a bill is passed by the committee, what is the next step it goes through (this would be step 4)?
What is it (the bill) is placed on the House calendar
300
After investigation by the committee, they can eith choose to pass or pigeonhole(kill) the bill Step 3), if it is passed where does the bill go?
What is the Senate floor for unlimited debate (step 4)
300
A joint committee is composed of members from?
What is Both the HOR and the Senate
300
a simple majority vote is needed in both house to move a bill forward, what is the number of votes needed in each house if it a simple majority?
What is 51 votes in the Senate and 218 votes in the H.O.R.
300
an attempt during debate in the Senate to "talk a bill to death" and the way to stop one.
What is a filibuster and the Cloture Rule
400
Before a bill can go to the floor, it must go through step five which is?...
What is the bill must be approved by the House Rules Committee (if they do not approve it it gets killed)
400
after floor debate the bill is voted on (step 6) if it is passed it is then sent where?(step 7)
What is a conference committee
400
A temporary joint body created to compromise differences in a bill?
What is a Conference Committee
400
the quorum (majority number of members needed for the house to do business) for the H.O.R.
What is 218 members
400
These have the power of a law, but are not laws as they do not go to the president for siging and expire at the end of a congressional term.
What are resolutions
500
After a bill makes it to the floor and has gone through limited debate (step 6) a _______ is taken (step 7) and the bill is sent where?(step 8)
What is a _vote_ is taken (7) and the bill is sent to the Senate(8)
500
After a conference committee the bill is sent to ________ who can either _____ or ______ the bill
Who is the President who either signs or vetos the bill
500
This includes all the members of the H.O.R. but is not the "House" itself. This has much less strict rules and moves floor action at a quicker pace needin gonly 100 members present to do business.
What is the Committee of the Whole
500
the number of votes for each house needed to override a presidental veto (also known as two-thirds or super majority)
What is 67 votes in the Senate and 290 votes in the H.O.R.
500
if Congress adjourns within ten days of the president recieving a bill, and he has not signed nor vetoed the bill, he has enacted this, and the measure dies