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  1. 7. An order from the House Rules Committee that permits a bill to be amended on the floor.
  2. 11. The minimum number of members who must be present for business to be conducted in Congress.
  3. 12. A rule used by the Senate to end or limit debate - need 60 votes to end filibuster in Senate.
  4. 14. A standing committee of the House of Representatives that provides special rules under which specific bills can be debated, amended, and considered by the house.
  5. 17. the inability of the government to act because rival parties control different parts of the government
  6. 18. A congressional process whereby a bill may be referred to several important committees.
  7. 19. relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting.
  8. 22. An association of Congress members created to advance a political ideology or a regional, ethnic, or economic interest.
  9. 25. An order from the House Rules Committee that sets a time limit on debate; forbids a bill from being amended on the floor.
  10. 26. A joint committee appointed to resolve differences in the Senate and House versions of the same bill. Members are appointed by the party leadership and are drawn from the House and Senate committees that originally considered the bill.
  11. 31. Power used by Congress to gather information useful for the formation of the legislation, review the operations and budgets of executive departments and independent regulatory agencies.
  12. 33. Legislators should follow their own judgment (that is, act like a trustee) until the public becomes vocal about a particular matter, at which point they should follow the dictates of constituents
  13. 34. An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action on the bill.
  14. 35. case that established one man one vote. This decision created guidelines for drying up congressional districts.
  15. 36. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.
  16. 37. Committees on which both senators and representatives serve. Similar to Select Committees, and often focus public attention on a major issue.
  17. 38. a session in which committee members offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor
  18. 39. The drawing of new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes.
  19. 40. The view that an elected represent should represent the opinions of his or her constituents.
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  1. 1. Permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area.
  2. 2. Congressional committees appointed for a limited time and purpose. Usually formed to conduct an investigation into a current matter of great public concern.
  3. 3. advise Congress on the probable consequences of its decisions, forecast revenues, and is a counter wait to the presidents office of management and budget.
  4. 4. A committee of the United States house of representatives it is in charge of setting this is civic expenditures of money by the government
  5. 5. The legislative leader elected by party members holding majority of the seats in the House or Senate.
  6. 6. The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.
  7. 8. Terms in the constitution describing the US Senate power to review and approve treaties and presidential appointments
  8. 9. A congressional process by which a Speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting.
  9. 10. The legislative leader elected by party members holding a minority of seats in the House or Senate.
  10. 13. An expression of opinion either in the House or Senate to settle procedural matters in either body.
  11. 15. A device by which any member of the House, after a committee has had the bill for 30 days, may petition to have it brought to the floor.
  12. 16. A legislative bill that deals only with specific, private, personal or local matters.
  13. 20. Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution; including the power to collect taxes, coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and declare war.
  14. 21. A procedure to keep the Senate going during a filibuster in which the disputed bill is shelved temporarily so that the Senate can get on with other business.
  15. 23. A law making body made up of two chambers or parts
  16. 24. A senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking.
  17. 27. A congressional voting procedure in which members shout "yea" in approval or "nay" in disapproval, permitting members to vote quickly or anonymously on bills.
  18. 28. to set a congressional bill aside in committee without considering it
  19. 29. The constitutional power of Congress to raise and spend money. Congress can use this as a negative or checking power over the other branches by freezing or cutting their funding.
  20. 30. NO racial gerrymandering; race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts
  21. 32. A provision added to a piece of legislation that is not germane to the bill's purpose. Goal is usually to achieve one of two outcomes: either get president to sign an otherwise objectionable bill or get the president to veto a bill he would otherwise sign.
  22. 33. A legislative bill that deals with matters of general concern.