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Org. of Congress
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the party called that has the most votes in each chamber? | Majority party |
| What is the party called that has the second most votes in each chamber? | Minority partiy |
| The majority holds many advantages. What are those that have to do with committees? | Holds committee chairs, assings bills to committees, holds the majority on each committee, contols the House Rules Committee. |
| Other advantages of the majority? | Choose the Speaker of the House, sets the legislative agenda. |
| Why does the House have a more formal structure and stricter rules than the Senate? | It has always been much larger. |
| What are the main powers of Speaker of the House? | Presides over the House, oversees House business, Second in line for presidental succession |
| What is the majority leader? | The elected leader of the party that contols the House. |
| What is the minority leader? | The elected leader of the party with the second-highest amount of elected reps. in the House |
| What are whips? | Elected members of each party that keep close contact with other members and try to ensure unity on important votes. |
| What is the Senate less formally organized than the House? | It is smaller and easier to manage. |
| Who does the Constitution make the head of the Senate? | The Vice President |
| In what event may the Vice President vote? | A tie |
| Who presides over the Senate in the Vice President's absence?f | President pro tempore |
| What is the president pro tempore? | Member of the majority party with the longest service in the Senate |
| Who is the true leader of the Senate? | Majority leader |
| Who is the Senate's minority leader? | Elected member of the party with the second-highest number of members in the Senate |
| What are both the House and the Senate divided into? | Committees |
| What is a standing committee? | a permanent body that continues from one Congress to the next-focus on one area |
| What can a standing committee do to a bill? | Amend it, pass it, or kill it. |
| What are standing committees divided into? | Subcommittees that work out the details of legislation. |
| Select committees? | specific pupose and limited time. usually for investigative purposes |
| Joint Committees? | Composed of members of both the House and the Senate- functions like a select committee |
| Conference committees? | Temporary-formed to resolve differences between House and Senate versions of bills |
| House Rules Committee? | Sets guidelines for floor debate |
| Closed rule? | strict limits of debates and forbids amendments from the floor |
| Open rule? | less strict time limits on debate and permits amendments from the floor |
| The House Committee on Ways and Means? | jurisdiction on all taxation, tariffs, and other means of raising revenue. |
| Powers of the committee chair? | call meetings, schedule hearings, hire staffm recommend majority members, and select subcommittee chairs |
| Committee charis recieve? | favors from lobbyists and contirbutions from PACs |
| How do members come to be chairs? | election-senority plays a major factor |
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