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Bicameral legislation |
Senate and House of Representatives |
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Qualifications for the house |
25 years old and citizen for 7 years |
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Qualifications for Senate |
30 years old 9 years of citizenship |
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Censure |
Formal statement of disapproval of something or someone |
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Whips |
Party's enforcers to ensure |
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Standing committee |
Separate subject-matter committees in each house of Congress that handle bills |
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Subcommittee |
Special committee within standing committee |
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Select Committee |
Appointed for a specific purpose |
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Joint Committee |
Congressional committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership drawn from both houses |
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Conference committee |
Reconcile bills and House of Representatives when Senate and House passed particular bill in different forms |
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Rules Committee |
Review all bills coming from a house committee before they go to the Full House |
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Congressional budget office |
Within legislative branch and provides budget and economic information |
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Gerrymandering |
Manipulate boundaries to favor one party |
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Constituents |
People within a district or state government official represents them |
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Speaker of the House |
Leading officer in the House of Representatives |
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Advantages of majority party |
Speaker of the House comes from majority party and chairs from every committee are from the majority party |
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What are the four important Senate committees |
Standing committee select committee joint committee and conference committee |
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Concurrent resolution |
Resolution adopted by both houses of legislation |
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Types of resolutions |
Bill- public or private Joint resolution- constitutional amendments Simple resolutions- Senate's internal affairs |
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Types of voting |
Voice Standing Roll call Secret |
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Rider |
Added to the bill, so the provision will get passed |
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Conferees |
Person who attends a conference |
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Line item veto |
Chief executive can reset the provision of the bill without disregarding the whole bill |
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1 Amendments added 2 President signs the bill 3 debate on the floor 4 Hearing is held 5 Sent to the other House 6 Bill is reported 7 Sent to the president 8 Sent to committee 9 Markup session 10 Bill placed in Hopper |
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