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10 Cards in this Set
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Provision that bears little relationship to main purpose of the bill to which it is attached
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Rider
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Act of Congress used in out-of-the-ordinary circumstances and to propose constitutional amendments
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Joint Resolution
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Congressional action that addresses matters that affect both the House and the Senate
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Concurrent resolution
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Method, requiring the support of a majority of House members, used to force a bill out of committee
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Discharge petition
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Committee formed by all members of the House of Representatives
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Committee of the Whole
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Number of representatives legally required in order to conduct business
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Quorum
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Voting procedure that requires each member of the House to publicly state his or her vote
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Roll-call vote
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Committee, made up of members of the House and the Senate, whose job it is to resolve differences between bills passed in the two chambers
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Conference committee
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Tactic used by the president to prevent a bill from becoming a law
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Pocket Veto
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Process by which bills are assigned to a congressional committee
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Referral
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