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what are 3 types of committees?
standing, select and joint
define standing committee
permanent committee/particular topic
define select committee
meets a few months, then perhaps a few years until they complete assigned task
define joint committee
includes mems from both houses
(conference committee "compromise") temp committee that deals with matters from both houses.
define subcommittee
(committee within a committee)
what is seniority system?
a system that gives the most desirable committee assign to mems who have served longest
what do leaders of pol party. control?
committee membership
define majority party
house that has more mems.
how do party mems make committee assignments?
according to the seniority system
(party leaders)
where ideas for bills come from?
-constituents
-committees
-mems of congress
-pres.
-special intrest groups
what can committees do to a bill?
-amend
-hold hearings on
-pass
-pigeonhole
-rewrite
what is pigeonhole?
(to kill a bill)
what kind of debate does the house have?
limited debate
what kind of debate does the senate have?
unlimited amt. of time
what is a fillibuster?
a tactic for defeating bill in senate by talking until bill's sponsor withdrawls it.
(senate can only use)
what are 3 methods for voting on a bill?
-voice vote
-standing vote
-roll-call vote
what is standing vote
a method of voting in which people stand to support, oppose on a measure under consideration
what is voice vote
a method of voting in which those who support say yea or nay.
what is roll-call vote
each person is called upon to announce their vote.
options pres has when bill reaches his desk
-sign it
-pocket veto(no action on bill for over 10 days.
-veto it (congress can ovveride with 2/3 of each house
-if after 10 days congress is in session, bill becomes law, if not bill is automatically vetoed.
purpose of committees
-to study bills;propose laws
committee membership?
political parties.
what does majority party control?
the committess
what is membership determined by?
party leaders and seniority system.
first step for bill becoming law
introduce bill(typed with lines #'d.)
and only introduced by member.
all appropriation bills must be introduced in house.
second step for bill becoming law
bill is given letters & numbers (HR-house S-senate)
Letters tell house of orgin, numbers tell order of intro
third step for bill becoming law
sent to committee:
-pigeonhole
-revise it
-hold public hearings
-rewrite(amend & mark)
-approve(report)
fourth step for bill becoming law
if approved, goes back to house originated from and debated.
if bill is passed
one house, goes to the other house & goes through the same process
if bill isn't passed
(called to work out compromise)