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Bills
Senate
House & Senate
Defintions
President
100
A proposed law
What is a bill?
100
6
How many letters does the word SENATE have?
100
435
How many people are in the house?
100
Agents of the people who elected them
Define "Delegate"
100
When a bill is passed by both houses of congress it goes to this person.
Who is the president
200
Sent to Clerk of Chamber.
Where does the bill get sent to?
200
Dos.. Two
How many senators are per state?
200
Congress redistribute the seats in the House every ten years after each census.
What is reapportion?
200
What is being considered and acted upon by the full membership of the House of Senate.
Define "Floor Consideration"
200
This is what happens to a bill if the president does not approve of it.
What is a veto.
300
Subcommittee
Where does the Committee refer its bills?
300
Mechanism requiring sixty senators to vote to cut off debate.
Define "Closure"
300
6
How many steps are there for a bill to become a law?
300
Attempt to combine the basic elements of the delegate, trustee, and partisan roles.
Define "Politico"
300
If congress gives a bill to the president and nothing happens in 10 days.
What is a bill becomes law
400
100 members
How many members are allowed to be present for deliberation?
400
A formal way of halting action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate on the senate.
Define "Filibuster"
400
It becomes a Law or a Pocket Veto.
What happens when the President waits 10 days for the bill?
400
Believed that each question they face must be decided on its merits.
Define "Trustee"
400
This is what happens when congress adjourns before the 10 days are up that the president has had to look at a bill.
What is a pocket veto
500
When two chambers of congress approve different versions of the same bill. It returns to each chamber for the final vote. If it doesn't pass in each chamber it dies. If the bills passes, it gets sent to the president.
What is a Conference Committee?
500
A hold: A tatic by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill is brought to the floor.
Define "The Senate"
500
When a political party takes advantage and it controls the State's legislature.
What is Gerrymandered?
500
Believe that they owe their first allegiance to their polictical party.
Define "Partisans"
500
A bill is signed by these people before it can be sent to the president.
who are the speaker of the house and the president of the senate.