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Standing Committee
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Committee to which proposed bills are referred.
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Joint Committee
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A standing committee that includes members from both houses of Congress set up to conduct investigations or special studies.
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Conference Committee
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Special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and Senate.
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Select Committee
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Temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose.
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How are leaders chosen in Congress?
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The Speaker of the House is elected by the entire House of Representatives. The majority and minority leaders are selected in their respective caucuses or conferences.
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Speaker of the House
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Elected by the entire House of Representatives.
Is second in line of presidential succession. |
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Markup
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A session in which committee members offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor.
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Cloture
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A vote of sixty senators to end debate on a bill.
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Hold
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A procedure by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill or nomination is brought to the floor.
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Majority Leader
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Second in authority in the House, and is regarded as the most powerful member in the Senate.
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Whip
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Party leader who keeps close contact with all members of his or her party, takes vote counts on key legislation, prepares summaries of bills, and acts as a communications link within a party.
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Logrolling
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When legislators agree to vote for a colleague's bill in return for future support.
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Pork
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Legislation that allows representatives to bring money and jobs to their districts in the form of public works, programs, military bases, or other programs.
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Earmarks
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Federal funds designated for special projects within a state or congressional district.
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Office of Management and Budget
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It was an office created under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 to help the president prepare a budget proposal to congress.
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Congressional Budget Office
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a nonpartisan agency to help members make accurate estimations of revenues and expenditures and to lay out a plan for congressional action on the annual budget resolution, appropriations, reconciliation, and any other revenue bills.
Created under the Congressional Budget Act of 1964 |
