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20 Cards in this Set
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Party Vote
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Voting together for your party
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Party Caucus
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Meeting of members to decide questions of policy.
Association of Congress members created to advance a political ideology or a regional, ethnic, or economic interest |
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Multiple Referral
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Congressional process whereby a bill may be referred to several committees
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Restrictive Rule
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Permits certain kinds of amendments but not others to be made into a bill on the floor
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Closed Rule
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Order from the House that sets a time limit on debate; Forbids a bill from being amended on the floor.
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Safe Districts
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Districts in which incumbents win my margins of 55%+
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Parliament
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Government in Europe. Unicameral.
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Marginal Districts
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Districts in which candidates elected to the House win in close elections, by less than 55% of vote
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Discharge Petition
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Device by which any member of the House, after a committee has had the bill for 30 days, may petition to have it brought to the floor
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Bicameral Legislative
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Law making body made of 2 bodies (House and Senate)
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Party Whip
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Leader who makes certain that party members are present for a vote in favor of the party.
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Committee on Committees
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Assign Republican Senators/Representatives to committees
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Steering Committee
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Assigns Democratic Senators/Representatives to Committees
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Mark up
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Process in which subcommittee and staff edit or amend a bill
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Seniority
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Longest serving members. Have many benefits.
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Congressional Caucus
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Advocate a political ideology or economic interest
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Riders
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Provision added to a piece of legislation that is not germane to the bill's purpose
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House Rules Committee
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Determines under what rule other bills will come to the floor and the limitations on the debate.
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Filibuster
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Attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action to the bill
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Cloture Rule
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Used by Senate to end or limit debate, used to end filibusters.
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