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- 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.
- 5. ___ issues - policy that the Courts believe are better solved by the elected branches; considered non justiciable (unable to be determined by the Courts)
- 9. the most powerful officer in the Senate; 2nd most powerful in the House informal).
- 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).
- 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.
- 15. ___ Rule - aka Closed Rule
- 17. any changes made to a bill in committee
- 18. __amendments - changes added to a bill during floor debate that have to do with the subject of the bill; required in the House.
- 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).
- 22. more specialized committees within a standing committee that do most of the work on bills and oversight.
- 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.
- 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
- 27. ___ committees - temporary committees made up of members of a single house used mainly for special investigative purposes.
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- 1. the doctrine established by courts used when having to determine whether laws that classify citizens based on race are constitutional or not.
- 3. the officer whom the Constitution requires to be President of the Senate.
- 4. the leader and chief spokesperson for the minority party in either house (informal)
- 6. occurs when a district violates the equality rule of redistricting (Baker v Carr)
- 7. __ Rule - a decision by the Rules Committee that puts very strict limits on debate time or addition of germane amendments.
- 8. ___ Rule - a method of choosing an officer based on being the longest serving member of the majority party in an institution
- 10. __ Rule - a decision by the Rules Committee that allows more debate time and amendments on a bill during floor debate.
- 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.
- 14. ____ district - a gerrymandered district created specifically to allow a minority group to form a majority (unconstitutional -Shaw v Reno)
- 16. a change added to a bill during floor debate (must be germane in the House).
- 19. a group of common interests within Congress that meets together & strategizes ways to move legislation towards their goals
- 21. __ committees - temporary committees made up of members of both houses used mainly for special investigative reasons.
- 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
- 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.