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select committees
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formed to investigate
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Quorom
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majority
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Majority party controls...
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every committee
senority rules = longevity of service |
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A Rider
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An unrealated provision attatched to a bill, like a "legislative parasite"
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The basic fuction of the committee is to...
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separate importaint bills from the unimportaint bills
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Committee of the whole
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*The House sitting not as itself but as one large committee of itself
*100 members must be present |
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Joint committees
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committees composed of numbers of both houses
(permanent groups) |
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2nd person to sign the bill
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President of the Senate (V.P.)
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How many standing committees
*in the House? *in the Senate? |
House: 22
Senate: 16 |
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Who signs the bill?
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Speaker of the House
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standing committees
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permanent subject matter committees
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pocket veto
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occurs when Congress adjourns a term when 10 days of sending a bill to the President
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House floor debate
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*Debate in the house is severly restricted
*has 5 min. |
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Who affixes the Great Seal of U.S. upon the bill?
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Secritary of State
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Committee debate
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*most bills die in committee
*pigion-holing = forgotten about on purpose |
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Senate floor debate
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The Senate has unrestricted debate.
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Conference committees
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must be formed to iron-out a compromise bill
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Bill becomes law if not signed after...
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10 days
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House Rules Committee Action
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*grants each bill a rule
*scheduals each bill for debate |
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Filibuster
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talking a bill to death
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