Congress Vocabulary

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3. In the Senate, the Majority Leader is regarded as the party's primary spokesperson.
4. used to make or amend rules that apply to both houses.
5. the people who work for an organization to keep it running.
7. the Senate is allowed to have two or more bills or nominations pending on the floor at once.
9. reviews, adopts and schedules consideration of floor resolutions.
10. a parliamentary committee established to look into or discuss a certain issue or measure.
13. action intended to extend discussion and postpone, prohibit, or delay a vote on a bill, resolution, amendment, or other contentious issue.
17. A governing body must have a minimum number of members present to exercise its authority at a meeting.
19. the method by which proposed legislation is discussed, altered, and rewritten in congressional committees and subcommittees.
22. to set anything away, as if it were actually stored in a small box.
24. when a senator alerts the Senate leadership that they do not want a specific resolution or nomination to be brought up for vote.
25. the procedure through which a bill is sent to a different committee after the original one has done its work.
28. In order to account for population changes, electoral district boundaries are drawn in the United States after the conclusion of each decennial census.
29. relating closely, fitting, important, or appropriate.
32. combines a number of the smaller regular appropriations bills into a single, larger bill that need only one vote in each house of Congress to pass.
33. restricts to thirty hours the time for further examination of a pending proposal to end a filibuster.
34. a government with a two-house legislative structure.
35. a committee made up of members of both houses of a legislature.
38. the least common vote in the Senate.
39. refers to spending made to enrich a politician's supporters in exchange for their political support.
40. a circumstance where new legislation cannot be passed by the government.

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1. a committee of the United States House of Representatives that works with the Senate to enact appropriation bills.
2. considered to have the same effect as a bill.
6. relates to the operations of a single chamber
8. the idea that a politician elected by their community should represent those views.
10. a legislative body's entirely secure electoral district for a certain political party, the incumbent representative personally, or a mix of the two.
11. Agreement on any topic or matter before the Senate which, without prejudice to any other rule of procedure, is brought before it.
12. only constitutional duty is to preside over the Senate.
14. seat held in a legislative election with a narrow victory
15. the giving and receiving of help or favors.
16. provided for the direct election of U.S. senators by the voters of the states.
18. the act or outcome of dividing or distributing something in a new, proportionate way.
20. presides over committee meetings and leads the group through the items on the agenda.
21. A non-germane amendment to a bill or an amendment to an appropriations bill that modifies the long-term legal framework controlling a program supported by the bill.
23. meetings of a certain political party's or movement's followers or adherents.
26. in charge of directing the House of Representatives' minority party.
27. a legislative directive that specifies the projects for which funds have been approved, or that specifies the exclusions from taxes or other required costs.
30. the powers guaranteed by the US Constitution to the federal government of the US.
31. if a bill has been stuck in committee for more than 30 days, it is brought out of committee for the whole House to consider.
36. elected representatives are entrusted by voters with the responsibility of governing for all.
37. a political party representative whose responsibility it is to maintain party harmony in the legislature.