Vocab
An additional piece of legislation slipped into an unrelated, larger bill
What is a rider?
The number of members in the Senate
What is 100?
The number of members in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
The veto that occurs when the President takes no action on a bill for 10 days while Congress adjourns, preventing its passage
What is a pocket veto?
The committee that reviews most bills and sets procedures for how they will be considered by the House
What is the Rules Committee
The minimum number of congressmen that must be present to conduct business
What is a quorum?
Who presides over the Senate in the Vice President’s absence
What is President Pro Tempore?
The required amount of committees a Representative must be a part of
What is two?
The chamber in which revenue bills can originate
What is the House of Representatives?
A permanent body that specializes in a certain subject area and proposes legislation
What is a standing committee?
The process used to end a filibuster
What is a cloture?
The Senate’s nickname in the late 1800s
Whats is Millionaires Club?
The reason the House cannot hold filibusters
What is there are too many members?
Requires approval of both houses and the presidential signature
What is a joint resolution?
A committee made up of both representatives and senators, which exists to resolve differences in bills before passage
What is a conference committee?
A benefit enjoyed by incumbents, which enables them to send mail free of charge (as long as it’s business related)
What is franking privilege?
The primary executive power of the Senate (other than approving treaties)
What is approving presidential appointments?
The House elects this person if no one has majority in the presidential election
What is the president?
When a committee refuses to take action on a bill and ignores it, preventing it from progressing in legislative process
What is a pigeonhole?
A committee that exists for a few years and has a limited purpose; doesn’t introduce legislation
What is a select committee?
The process used to manipulate the borders of a political constituency to favor one’s political party
What is gerrymandering?
The people who schedule the order in which legislation will be debated on the floor
What is the majority and minority leader?
The person responsible for scheduling the order of legislation in the House
What is the Speaker of the House?
The mechanism that allows representatives to bypass a committee and bring a stalled bill to the floor (requires 218 signatures and 30 days in the committee)
What is a discharge petition?
The oldest committee in the House of Representatives (chief taxation committee)
What is the Committee on Ways and Means?