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Congress Gopo
definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Appropriation | money that congress has allocated to be spent |
| Appropriations Committee | congressional committee that deals with federal spending |
| Bureaucracy | departments, agencies, bureaus, and commissions in the executive branch of government. |
| Casework | personal work done by a ember of congress for his constituents. |
| Close Rule | rules committee rule that bans amendments to a bill. |
| Cloture | Senate motion to end a filibuster that requires a 3/5 vote |
| Conference Committee | works out a compromise between differing house-senate versios of the bill. |
| Constituents | the people who are represented by elected officials. |
| Discharge petition | a motion to force a bill to the House floor that has been bottled up in committee. |
| Filibuster | nonstop senate debate that prevents a bill from coming to a vote. |
| Finance Committee | senate committee that handles tax bills. |
| Franking privilege | allows members of congress to send mail postage free |
| Gerrymandering | redrawing district lines to favor one party at the expense of other. |
| Hold | Senate maneuver that allows a Senator to stop or delay consideration of a bill or a presidential appointment. |
| Impeachment | House action that formally charges an official with wrongdoing. conviction requires 2/3 vote from the Senate. |
| Legislative Oversight | ongoing process of congressional monitoring of the executive branch to ensure that the letter complies with the law. |
| Legislative Veto | process in which congress overturned rules and regulations proposed by executive branch agencies. struck down in 1938. |
| Logrolling | when two members of Congress agree to vote for each other's bill. |
| Seniority system | tradition in which the Senator from the majority party with the most years of service on a committee becomes the chairman of that committee. |
| Standing Committees | the permanent congressional committees that handle legislation. |
| Sunset Laws | laws that automatically expire after a given time. |
| Ways and Means Committee | House committee that handles tax bills. |
| Mark up | committee action to amend a proposed bill |
| Merit System | system of hiring federal workers based upon competitive exams |
| Open Rule | House Rules Committee rule that allows amendments to a bill. |
| Pork Barrel | wasteful congressional spending, e.g. funding for a Lawrence Welk museum in North Dakota. |
| Quorum | minimum numbers of members needed for the House or Senate to meet. |
| Reappointment | reallocation of the House seats to the states on the basis of the changes in state populations, as determined by the census. |
| Redistricting | redrawing of congressional district boundaries by the party in the state legislature. |
| Red Tape | complex rules and procedure required by bureaucratic agencies. |
| Rider | amendment to a bill that has little to do with that bill. AKA nongermane amendment. |
| Rules Committee | the " traffic cop" of the House that sets the legislative calendar and issues rules for debate on a bill. |
| Senatorial Courtesy | tradition in which the president consults with the senators within a state in which an appointment is to be made. |
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