American Government, continuity and change: Congress
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| legislature divided into 2 houses | ||
| process of alloting congressional seats to each state by census | ||
| redrawering of congressional districts to reflect population changes | ||
| power delegated to the House of Representatives in the Constitution to charge officals | ||
| political party in each house of Congress with the most members | ||
| political party in each house of Congress with the second most members | ||
| only officer of the House of Representatives specifically mentioned in the Constitution; traditionally member of the majority party; Nancy Polesi | ||
| a formal gathering of all party members | ||
| elected leader of the party controlling the most seats in the House of Representatives or Senate | ||
| elected leader of the party controlling the second most seats in the House of Representatives or Senate | ||
| takes nose counts on key votes, prepares summaries of bills, and acts as a communication link within the party | ||
| offical chair of the Senate, the most senior member of the majority party | ||
| committee to which proposed bills are referred | ||
| includes members from both houses of Congress | ||
| joint committee created to iron out differneces between the House and Senate versions of a bill | ||
| temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose | ||
| petition that gives the majority of the House of Representatives the authority to bring an issue to the floor in the face of committee inaction | ||
| "bring home the bacon" to their districts | ||
| funds for a specific purpose within a state or congressional district | ||
| time of continous serivce on a committee | ||
| offical already holding office | ||
| listens to constituents and then uses their best judgement to make a final decision | ||
| vote the way your constituents would want them to | ||
| acts as a trustee or delegate depending on the issue | ||
| political condition in which different political parties control the White House and Congress | ||
| vote trading | ||
| process in which committee member offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor | ||
| tactic by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill is brought to the floor. this stops the bill from coming to the floor until the hold is removed | ||
| formal way of haulting action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate in the Senate | ||
| mechanism requiring 60 senators to vote to cut off debate | ||
| formal constitutional authority the president rejects bills passed by both houses of the legislative body | ||
| the president does not sign the bill after 10 days and Congress has convened prior to the 10 day period | ||
| congressional review of activities of an agency, department, or office | ||
| process whereby Congress can nullify agency regulations by a joint resolution of legislative disapproval | ||
| president is limited in the deployment of troops overseas in a 60day period without Congress's approval for a longer period of time |