Statistics
This percentage of bills become law
What is fewer than 10%?
Most bills die
What is in committee?
Any measure enacted by Congress must have been passed by both houses
What is in identical form?
A House bill is referred to
What is a standing committee?
Senators are formally recognized for a purpose
What is to introduce bills?
The Senate has this number of committees
What is 17?
Most bills originate
What is in the executive branch?
A committee grants a bill a rule
What is the Rules Committee?
Congress may override a veto
What is by a two-thirds majority in both houses?
The Senate's speech rule
What is the "two-speech rule?"
1/5 of a quorum in the house
What is 44 members?
Bills are put away and never acted upon
What is pigeonholed?
The House or the Senate will not accept the other's version of a bill and it is turned over
What is to a conference committee?
The House may suspend its rules
What is the first and third Mondays and Tuesdays?
The length of time senators may speak on the floor
What is as long as they please?
This many members may demand a roll-call vote
What is 1/5?
A committee's chairman
What is chooses the time to discuss a bill?
Changes are made that were not even considered in either house
What is the conferees?
Floor debate is strictly limited in the House, but
What is almost unrestrained in the Senate?
One calendar for all bills reported out by its committees
What is the Senate calendar?
The length of Senator Strom Thurmond's filibuster record
What is 24 hours and 18 minutes?
Bills from the Consent Calendar are considered
What is the first and third Mondays of each month?
The most strategic step in the legislative process
What is the conference committee stage?
Bills under the rules of the house
What is taken from each of the calendars for consideration?
The Senate's consideration of most bills
What is brought to a close by unanimous consent agreements?