How a Bill Becomes a Law
This House committee issues the rules that govern debate on the floor.
What is the Rules Committee?
Debate is not limited in this chamber (members can speak as long as they want if they get the floor).
What is the Senate?
The term used for when a politician believes and acts on the ideas of a political party or group.
What is Partisan?
The term used for the natural consequence from partisanship- an unwillingness to compromise so that bills can move forward in the legislative process.
What is Gridlock?
A bill is first introduced and assigned to a committee, and then is referred here to study, hold hearings, and debate provisions.
What is a subcommittee?
This provides Congress the constitutional basis for the many and far reaching implied powers of the Federal government.
What is the necessary and proper clause (Article 1, Sec 8, Clause 18)?
The term used when state legislators redraw geographic boundaries of each Congressional district using accumulated data about where people live and what party they voted for in the past or are likely to vote for in the future (the data is used to create districts that advantage the party controlling the state legislators).
What is Gerrymandering?
Congress can override a Presidential veto by voting with this fraction of votes in both the House and Senate.
This chamber holds the power of the purse, meaning that all bills that raise revenue shall originate from this congressional chamber.
What is the House of Representatives?
The term used for an official who is expected to represent the views of his or her constituents even when personally holding different views.
What is Delegate?
The term used for a coalition of members in Congress who belong to the same party.
What is Caucus or Conference?
When the House debates the final bill and amends it, and if different from the Senate version, the bill goes here.
What is a Conference Committee?
In 1975 the Senate reduced the number of votes required for cloture from two-thirds of senators voting to three-fifths of all senators duly chosen and sworn, or 60 of the 100-member Senate. Cloture refers to ending this tactic.
What is a filibuster?
The term for an official who attempts to balance the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles.
What is Politico?
The term for a lawmaking body comprised of two chambers or parts (like the House and the Senate).
What is bicameral legislature?
What is nothing?
Most enumerated powers of Congress is found specifically HERE in the Constitution.
What is Article I, Section 8?
This model is used more in the Senate.
What is Trustee?
The most powerful member of the House of Representatives, mentioned in the Constitution, and usually the leader of the party (if not affiliated with the President).
Who is the Speaker of the House?