Congress Vocab 2

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  1. 2. ___ committee - a temporary committee made up of members of both houses used to craft compromise bills after each house has passed different versions of the same bill.
  2. 5. ___ issues - policy that the Courts believe are better solved by the elected branches; considered non justiciable (unable to be determined by the Courts)
  3. 9. the most powerful officer in the Senate; 2nd most powerful in the House informal).
  4. 12. the liaisons between the leadership in each congressional chamber and the leadership; help move the rank and file towards the leadership's goals (informal).
  5. 13. the longest serving member of the majority party in the Senate; generally the presiding officer in the Senate; 3rd in line of succession to the presidency.
  6. 15. ___ Rule - aka Closed Rule
  7. 17. any changes made to a bill in committee
  8. 18. __amendments - changes added to a bill during floor debate that have to do with the subject of the bill; required in the House.
  9. 20. ___ Clause - requires all states to treat all citizens equally under their laws regardless of race, creed, or previous condition of servitude; forces equality in redistricting(Baker v Carr) and outlaws creation of minority-majority districts (Shaw v Reno).
  10. 22. more specialized committees within a standing committee that do most of the work on bills and oversight.
  11. 24. of the Senate - chief formal presiding officer of the Senate; may vote only in ties, not a member of the Senate; 1st in line of succession to the presidency.
  12. 26. Use of a senator’s unlimited right to debate used to delay or kill a bill (only in the Senate); an attempt to talk a bill to death
  13. 27. ___ committees - temporary committees made up of members of a single house used mainly for special investigative purposes.
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  1. 1. the doctrine established by courts used when having to determine whether laws that classify citizens based on race are constitutional or not.
  2. 3. the officer whom the Constitution requires to be President of the Senate.
  3. 4. the leader and chief spokesperson for the minority party in either house (informal)
  4. 6. occurs when a district violates the equality rule of redistricting (Baker v Carr)
  5. 7. __ Rule - a decision by the Rules Committee that puts very strict limits on debate time or addition of germane amendments.
  6. 8. ___ Rule - a method of choosing an officer based on being the longest serving member of the majority party in an institution
  7. 10. __ Rule - a decision by the Rules Committee that allows more debate time and amendments on a bill during floor debate.
  8. 11. the presiding officer and party leader of the House of Representatives; most powerful person in the House (formal); 2nd in line of succession to the presidency.
  9. 14. ____ district - a gerrymandered district created specifically to allow a minority group to form a majority (unconstitutional -Shaw v Reno)
  10. 16. a change added to a bill during floor debate (must be germane in the House).
  11. 19. a group of common interests within Congress that meets together & strategizes ways to move legislation towards their goals
  12. 21. __ committees - temporary committees made up of members of both houses used mainly for special investigative reasons.
  13. 23. ___ committees - permanent committees composed of members of the same house that do most of the work in that chamber; are specialized in particular policy areas
  14. 25. __ Committee - a standing committee used in the House to add rules of debate to all bills that pass out of the other standing committees of the House; has the ability to delay or kill a bill.