HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
_______________ is the first body of Congress to meet a bill
What is House of Representatives?
Senate Floor procedures are much less ______ than those in the House
What is formal?
the way that members can push a bill out of committee
What is a discharge petition?
A _________ can only occur in the Senate and can be stopped with cloture.
What is a filibuster?
proposed law presented to the House of Representatives or Senate for consideration
What is a Bill?
Once formally introduced in the House, the ______ __ _____ refers that bill to a standing committee
What is Speaker of House?
the presiding officer calls for the “ayes” or “noes” and announces the result
What is Voice Vote?
when a bill is buried or put away in committee and never voted on
What is pigeonholed?
The Rules Committee determines how long a bill will be debated, whether amendments can be adopted, and more
What is Debating and Voting?
The bill that applies to the nation as a whole
What is a Public Bill?
The Rules Committee & Speaker of the House have the _____ say if a bill reaches the floor
What is final say?
The Clerk calls for each Senator to vote, the Senator votes “Yea” or “Nay” aloud and is recorded fo public record
What is the Roll Call Vote?
Once in Committee, the Chair of Committee sends it to a __________
What is a subcommittee?
voting is done within 15 minutes, by a computerized system where individual responses are recorded and available for public record
What is a Recorded Vote?
bills that apply to certain people, places, or companies
What is a Private Bill?
The standing committee determines whether or not the bill should be sent to the ______ floor?
What is House?
No senator may speak more than twice on a given question on the same legislative day
What is the Two-Speech Rule?
once the subcommittee has researched, investigated, and debated it, it goes back to the committee for a _____
What is a vote?
the Speaker calls for the “ayes” or “noes” and the Speaker announces the result
What is a Voice Vote?
After receiving the bill, the President has the power to send it back to Congress.
What is Veto?
Once a bill is passed in the House, the Speaker signs it and it gets carried to the ______
What is Senate?
Agreement made between the Majority & Minority Leaders to bring the bill up for consideration
What is the Unanimous Consent Agreement?
Any measure must be approved in its identical form by both houses
What is a Conference Committee?
when all opposed and all in favor stand to cast their vote
What is a standing vote?
If Congress is not in session or will adjourn within 10 days, and the President does nothing...it dies. This power is called...
What is Pocket Veto?