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Chapter 12
Legislative Process Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bill | an idea for a law which can start in the House of Representatives or the Senate but must be passed by both - most ideas don't come from members of Congress, but interest groups, businesses, private people |
| pigeonhole | the committee doesn't report the bill out and "kills" it - "pushes the bill to the side/back of the list" - most bills are pigeonholed after doing research and people testify for and against the bill |
| standing committee | House of Representatives and Senate break members down and put them into committees to examine specific subjects (research bill and hold hearings) - an individual can be a member of one committee or several |
| pass | the bill should be passed by the House of Representatives or Senate as it is (original form) |
| don't pass | the bill should not be passed (pigeonholed, bill is "killed") |
| amend and pass | the committee makes changes and recommends that the House of Representatives or Senate should pass the bill after it is revised |
| house of representatives | 2 year term, fast moving |
| senate | 6 year term, slow moving |
| rules committee | certain amount of time to testify for bill - strict time limit on debates |
| committee of the whole | when the entire house sits together and debate on a bill as a large group |
| filibuster | the intention to bore the members so they vote they way you want them to - doesn't have to pertain to the bill, can talk about anything to try and "kill the bill" |
| cloture | filibuster can be stopper by deciding to block it (needing 60 votes from the members) or a time limit can be put on the debate |
| conference committee | members of the House of Representatives and the Senate (usually an equal number of both) will meet up and take each bill of their own, and compromise to make one bill |
| presidential actions | sign into law, veto, pocket veto, law without signature, executive orders |
| sign into law | president gives signature on a bill to make it a law |
| pocket veto | president receives a bill but does not sign it within 10 days after the congressional sessions ends - no report must be written - excludes Sundays |
| law without signatures | if Congress is in session and the president has not signed the bill within 10 days of receiving it, the bill can be signed and made a law without the president's signature |
| executive orders | president feels strongly about a certain topic - has the same effect as a bill/law, but it isn't passed by Congress |
| veto | disapproval of the bill - if formal veto is used, the president must write a report as to why is was denied |
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