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- 2. (the ability to send mail by one's signature rather than by postage—date back to the seventeenth-century English House of Commons.
- 3. (describes a government that has a two-house legislative system
- 4. (a joint committee traditionally made up of a three-member committee from each chamber.
- 8. (the creation of electoral districts with divergent ratios of voters to representatives.
- 10. (enacts laws that influence the daily lives of all Americans and is intended to serve as the voice of the people.
- 12. ( was an unofficial alliance of members
- 13. (mainly responsible for counting heads and rounding up party members for votes and quorum calls
- 14. (a law that automatically terminates an agency, a law, or a government program
- 15. ( loosely defined term for action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill
- 20. (an employment system that allots to employees rights and benefits according to the length of their employment.
- 22. (a committee whose members are from two or more different organizations, or from both chambers of a bicameral legislative body legislativeoversight ( the review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs and policy implementation
- 23. (Senate procedure that limits further consideration of a pending proposal to thirty hours in order to end a filibuster.
- 24. (serves as the parliamentary head of a committee.
- 26. (an official form of approval for something.
- 28. (by manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency.
- 30. (pecial orders for the consideration of legislation
- 34. (he 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.
- 36. (The Speaker is simultaneously the House's presiding officer, party leader, and the institution's administrative head, among other duties.
- 37. (provides financial analysis, advice, and oversight of the organizations budget
- 38. (comprised of 33 Democrats and 26 Republicans and organized into 12 subcommittees in the 117th Congress
- 39. (social work involving direct consideration of the problems
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- 1. (are created by a resolution to conduct investigations or consider measures, usually on a specific topic
- 5. (bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee
- 6. (the action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission
- 7. (allowing Congress to make laws not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.
- 9. (any bill, except the Budget Bill(s) and debt bills, that increases or decreases the total revenues available for appropriation, including any sales tax exemption bill.
- 11. (develops the minority position; negotiates with the majority party; directs minority caucus activities on the floor
- 16. (the holding of an office or the period during which one is held.
- 17. (allows any and all event producers or industry organizations to adopt our age grids
- 18. (This officer is charged with scheduling legislation for floor consideration
- 19. (A safe seat is an electoral district
- 21. (they close the underlying bill to being amended on the House floor
- 25. (Both party leaders, also called floor leaders, serve as the spokesperson for their party's positions on the issues and coordinate their respective legislative strategies.
- 27. (a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.
- 29. (used to make or amend rules that apply to both houses.
- 31. (a permanent committee that meets regularly.
- 32. (closed meeting of a group of persons
- 33. (assign to a particular category or class, especially in a manner that is too rigid or exclusive.
- 35. (set a legal restriction on the length of time an elected official may hold office.