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Legislative Branch
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Speaker Of The House | The presiding officer in the chamber. |
| President pro tempore | The second highest ranking officer in the United States Senate |
| Party Caucus | Participants set legislative agendas, select committee members and chairs, and hold elections to choose various Floor leaders. |
| Whip | Assistants to the floor leaders in the House and Senate, responsible for monitoring and marshaling votes. |
| Committee chair | Member who heads a standing committee in a legislative bodyse |
| Seniority rule | An unwritten custom. |
| Standing committee | Permanent panels to which all similar bills could be sent |
| Select committee | Set up for a specific purpose |
| Joint Committee | is a term in politics that is used to refer to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization. |
| Conference Committee | conference committee is a committee of the Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill. |
| Bill Joint | joint resolution is a legislative measure that requires approval by the Senate and the House and is presented to the President for his/her approval or disapproval, in exactly the same case as a bill. |
| Concurrent Resolution | concurrent resolution is a resolution (a legislative measure) adopted by both houses of a bicameral legislature that lacks the force of law (is non-binding) and does not require the approval of the chief executive (president). |
| Rider | is an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill.[ |
| Discharge Petition | means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee and usually without cooperation of the leadership. |
| Quorum | minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly (a body that uses parliamentary procedure, such as a legislature) necessary to conduct the business of that group. |
| Filibuster | a type of parliamentary procedure where debate is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a given proposal. |
| Veto | unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation. |
| Pocket Veto | a legislative maneuver in lawmaking that allows a president or other official with veto power effectively to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action. |
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