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Ch.10 #2 Vocab. Gov.
Ch. 10 #2 Vocab. Gov.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the House | Presiding officer of the house of representatives |
| majority leader | In the house, the majority-party leader and the second in command to the speaker, in the Senate, the leader of the majority party. |
| minority leader | In both the house and Senate, the leader of the opposite party |
| whips | In both the House and Senate, the principal assistants to the party leaders and next in command to those leaders |
| standing committee | Permanent committee to the house or senate that deals with matters within a specific subject area |
| subcommittees | Specialized committees within standing committees; subcommittee recommendations must be approved by the full standing committee before submission to the floor |
| seniority system | Custom whereby the member of Congress who has served the longest on the majority side of a committee becomes its chair and the member who has served the longest on the minority side becomes its ranking member |
| drafting a bill | Actual writing of a bill in legal language |
| markup | Line-by-line revision of a bill in committee by editing phrase and word |
| discharge petition | Petition signed by at least 218 house members to force a vote on a bill within a committee that opposes it |
| rule/closed/restricted/open | stipulation attached to a bill in the house of representatives that governs its consideration on the floor, including when and for how long it can be debated and how many (if any) amendments may be appended to it |
| filibuster | Delaying tactic by a senator or group of senators, using the Senate's unlimited debate rule to prevent a vote on a bill |
| cloture | Vote to end debate-that is, to end a filibuster-which requires a three-fifths vote of the entire membership of the senate |
| rider | Amendment to a bill that is not germane to the bill's purpose |
| conference committees | Meetings between representatives of the house and senate to reconcile differences over provisions of a bill passes by both houses |
| bipartisanship | Agreement by members of both the democratic and the republican parties |
| divided party government | One party controls the presidency while the other party controls one or both houses of congress |
| constituency | the voters in a legislator's home district |
| trustees | Legislators who feel obligated to use their own best judgement in decision making |
| delegates | Accredited voting members of a party's national presidential nominating convention |
| logrolling | Bargaining for agreement among legislator's to support each other's favorite bills; especially projects that primarily benefit individual members and their constituents |
| gridlock | Political stalemate between the executive and legislative branches arising when one branch is controlled by one major political party and the other branch by the other party |
| censure | Public reprimand for wrongdoing, given to a member standing in the chamber before congress |
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