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Congress Organization
Making a law
Terminology
Terminology 2
Miscellaneous
100
Committees that are permanent in Congress.
What are standing committees?
100
Name of a proposed law.
What is a bill?
100
Drawing district lines that favor a political party or politician.
What is Gerrymandering?
100
Bills that have to do with the spending of money in Congress.
What is appropriations?
100

Current Speaker of the House

Who is Nancy Pelosi?

200
Private meetings of the Republican and Democratic Parties that choose leadership.
What is caucus?
200
Place where the debating of a bill takes place.
What is committee?
200
A formal disapproval of a member of Congress.
What is censure?
200
Another word for a law.
What is act?
200

This is the part of the Constitution that outlines the powers of Congress

What is Article 1?

300
Position in charge of sessions of the House of Representatives.
What is Speaker of the House?
300

Place where all spending bills begin.

What is House of Representatives?

300
What could happen to a member of Congress who violates code of conduct followed by a vote of 2/3 of members.
What is expulsion?
300
Number of House standing committees.
What is 20?
300

Number of current session of Congress.

What is 117th?

400
Congressional assistant who counts votes, encourages attendance, and party loyalty.
What is the whip?
400

What happens after both houses pass their versions of a bill.

What is merging into one?

400
Senatorial delay of voting on a bill by any means.
What is filibuster?
400
The two year term of Congress is divided into this.
What are two sessions?
400

Building in which Congressmen hold official offices and vote on legislation.

What is the Capitol?

500
Senate member who presides over meetings and part of the majority party.
What is president pro tempore?
500
Final step of a bill becoming a law.
What is presidential action?
500
Procedure for ending the debate of a bill in the Senate.
What is Cloture?
500

Position in charge of party business for Democrats or Republicans.

What is Conference Chairman?

500

Privilege for Congressmen to mail official letters and packages for free.

What is franking?