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  1. 3. - a committee whose members are from two or more different organizations, or from both chambers of a bicameral legislative body
  2. 4. - A group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responsibility
  3. 5. - A veto taking place when congress adjourns within 10 days of having submitted a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it.
  4. 10. - The practice of ranking senators based on length of service
  5. 11. - A committee of the people on the floor of the House in which all revenue and most other bills are discussed.
  6. 14. - to print a bill in its final form.
  7. 15. - a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
  8. 18. - a member of the House, is elected by a majority party caucus.
  9. 19. - is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate
  10. 20. - to reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials.
  11. 21. - is a meeting or grouping of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement.
  12. 22. - the leader of a party in a legislative assembly.
  13. 23. - a permanent committee that meets regularly.
  14. 25. - a resolution adopted by both houses of a legislative assembly that does not require the signature of the chief executive and that does not have the force of law.
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  1. 1. - A nongermane amendment to a bill or an amendment to an appropriation bill that changes the permanent law governing a program funded by the bill.
  2. 2. - a temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers.
  3. 6. - a small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose.
  4. 7. - A device by which any member of the House, after a committee has had a bill for thirty days, may ask to have it brought to the floor
  5. 8. - The practice of extending debate in the Senate, used to obstruct or delay legislation
  6. 9. - a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.
  7. 12. - is the form used for most legislation, whether permanent or temporary, general or special, public or private.
  8. 13. - the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.
  9. 16. - a resolution passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives
  10. 17. - someone who is responsible for counting heads and rounding up party members for votes and quorum calls, and they occasionally stand in for the majority or minority leaders in their absence.
  11. 24. - the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action.