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- 3. parliamentary procedure permitted by the Standing Rules of the United States Senate which allows one or more Senators to prevent a motion from reaching a vote on the Senate floor.
- 4. only procedure by which the Senate can vote to set an end to a debate without also rejecting the bill, amendment, conference report, motion, or other matter it has been debating.
- 5. a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.
- 6. comprised of two chambers, often described as the lower house and the upper house.
- 9. the head of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the US Senate or House of Representatives.
- 12. the holder of an office or post.
- 13. the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid.
- 15. the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.
- 16. 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.
- 17. political procedure where one or more members of a Congress or Parliament debate over a proposed piece of legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal.
- 19. redistribution of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on changes in population
- 21. Other than to succeed to the presidency upon the death or resignation of a president, a vice president's only constitutional duty is to preside over the Senate.
- 22. legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty
- 23. It is a formal statement of disapproval, but does not remove a senator from office.
- 24. Each state draws new legislative district boundaries every ten years.
- 25. a member of a constituency.
- 26. Elected at the beginning of each Congress by members of their respective party conferences to represent them on the Senate floor
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- 1. The House Rules Committee considers all bills reported from policy and fiscal committees and determines whether, and in what order, to schedule their consideration on the floor of the House.
- 2. ermanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules.
- 7. The member of the United States Senate, or of the upper house of a State's legislature
- 8. also known as general consent, or in the case of the parliaments under the Westminster system, leave of the house (or leave of the senate), is a situation in which no member present objects to a proposal.
- 10. when a political group tries to change a voting district to create a result that helps them or hurts the group who is against them.
- 11. a committee composed of some members of a larger committee, board, or other body and reporting to it.
- 14. created by a resolution to conduct investigations or consider measures, usually on a specific topic, and are not renewed on a permanent basis.
- 18. The annual series of meetings of a Congress
- 20. Speaker of the House is responsible for administering the oath of office to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives