assistants to floor leaders above who monitor (watch) and try to get members of their party in Congress to vote in a certain way
What is whips
100
person in Congress who introduces a bill
What is sponsor
100
Means "2 houses"
What is bicameral
100
the party that has the most members
What is majority party
100
a 2 year period (from election to election) when Congress meets
What is term
200
members of Congress picked by tier parties to carry out party decisions
What is floor leaders
200
The committee made of members from both the House and the Senate that comes up with a compromise bill between what the House passed and what the Senate passed
What is Conference committee
200
prosposed law in Congress or other legislative body
What is bill
200
the party that has the fewest members
What is minority party
200
a 1 year period of time when Congress meets
What is session
300
Presiding officer in the House of Rrpresentatives
What is Speaker of the House
300
Here bills are first introduced in the House of Representatives
What is the hopper
300
having to do with making laws
What is legislative
300
the person in charge of a committee
What is committee chair
300
Another term for a non-presidential election year
What is off-year election
400
presiding offiver in the Senate
What is vice-president/president of the Senate
400
the name for 'sending a bill from the committee to the floor'
What is reporting out
400
a fancy word for 'house'
What is chamber
400
The redistribution of seats in the House based on changes in population
What is reapportionment
500
Presiding officer in the Senate when the president of Senate (vice-president) isn't there
What is President pro tem
500
to tuck a bill away in committee so it doesn't get to the floor
What is pigeon-hole
500
the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
What is the floor
500
Party meeting before the Congressional term begins
What is caucus
500
Changing election boundaries to get a certain result