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30 Cards in this Set
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Closed Rule
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An order from the House Rules Committee that sets a time limit on a debate and forbids a particular bull from being amended on the legislative floor.
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Cloture Rule
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A ruled used by the Senate to end or limit debate. Designed to prevent “talking a bill to death” by filibuster. For a bill to pass in the Senate, three-fifths of the entire Senate membership (or 60 senators) must vote for it.
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Descriptive representation
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A correspondence between the demographic characteristics of representatives and those of their constituents
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Discharge Petition
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A device by which any member of the House, after a committee has had a bill for thirty days, may petition to have it brought to the floor. If a majority of the members agree, the bill is discharged. The discharge petition was designed to prevent a committee from killing a bill by holding it for too long.
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Division Vote
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A congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted.
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Double-tracking
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a procedure to keep the Senate going during a filibuster in which the disputed bill is shelved temporarily so that the Senate can get on with other business.
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Franking Privilege
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The ability of members of Congress to mail letters to their constitutes free of charge by substituting their facsimile signature (frank) for postage.
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Minority leader
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The legislative leader elected by party members holding a minority of seats in HOR or the Senate
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Multiple referral
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A congressional processes whereby a bill may be referred to several committees that consider it simultaneously in whole or in part. For instance, the 1988 trade bull was considered by 14 committees in the House and 9 in the senate simultaneously
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Open Rule
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An order from the House Rules Committee that permits a bill to be amended on the legislative floor
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Pork Barrel legislation
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Legislation that gives tangible benefits (highways, dams, post offices) to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return
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Quorum
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The minimum number of members who must be present for business to be conducted in Congress
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Quorum Call
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A calling of the roll in either house of Congress to see whether the number of representatives in attendance meets the minimum required to conduct official business
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Restrictive Rule
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An order from the House Rules Committee that permits certain kinds of amendments but not others to be made into a bill on the legislative floor
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Rider
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An amendment on a matter unrelated to a bill that is added to the bill so that it will “ride” to passage through the Congress. When a bill has lots of riders, it is called a Christmas tree bill.
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Roll call vote
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A congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering yea or nay to their names. When roll calls were handled orally, it was a time-consuming process in the House. Since 1973, an electronic voting system permits each House member to record his or her vote and learn the total automatically
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Sequential referral
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A congressional process by which a speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting, or may refer parts of a bill to separate committees
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Substantive Representation
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The correspondence between representatives’ opinions and those of their constitutes
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Teller vote
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A congressional voting procedure in which members pass between two tellers, the “yeas” first and then the “nays.” Since 1971 the identities of members in a teller vote can be “recorded.”
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Voice Vote
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A congressional voting procedure in which members shout “yea” in approval or “nay” in disapproval; allows members to vote quickly or anonymously on bills
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Pork Barrel legislation
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Legislation that gives tangible benefits (highways, dams, post offices) to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return
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Quorum
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The minimum number of members who must be present for business to be conducted in Congress
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Quorum Call
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A calling of the roll in either house of Congress to see whether the number of representatives in attendance meets the minimum required to conduct official business
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Restrictive Rule
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An order from the House Rules Committee that permits certain kinds of amendments but not others to be made into a bill on the legislative floor
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Rider
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An amendment on a matter unrelated to a bill that is added to the bill so that it will “ride” to passage through the Congress. When a bill has lots of riders, it is called a Christmas tree bill.
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Roll call vote
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A congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering yea or nay to their names. When roll calls were handled orally, it was a time-consuming process in the House. Since 1973, an electronic voting system permits each House member to record his or her vote and learn the total automatically
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Sequential referral
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A congressional process by which a speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting, or may refer parts of a bill to separate committees
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Substantive Representation
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The correspondence between representatives’ opinions and those of their constitutes
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Teller vote
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A congressional voting procedure in which members pass between two tellers, the “yeas” first and then the “nays.” Since 1971 the identities of members in a teller vote can be “recorded.”
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Voice Vote
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A congressional voting procedure in which members shout “yea” in approval or “nay” in disapproval; allows members to vote quickly or anonymously on bills
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