A bill which has grown to mammoth proportions and addresses multiple programs or aspects of the law.

• Omnibus

• Discharge

• Appropriation

• Concurrent

A house rule that amendments to legislation must be directly related to the topic of the bill

• Germane

• Rule 22

• Cloture

• Omnibus

Also known as “riders,” amendments in the Senate do not have to relate to the topic of the bill (this is usually pork)

• Cloture

• non-germane amendment

• discharge

• Hold

A Senate function that requires a higher threshold for quick action

• Hold

• discharge

• unanimous consent

• cloture

An action in which a senator objecting to unanimous consent, which indefinitely stalls a bill

• cloture

• discharge

• nuclear option

• hold

A House function that includes, but does not require all representatives

• Committee of the whole

• cloture

• unanimous consent

• Hold

A committee exclusive to the House which determines tax policy

• Armed Services

• Justice

• Appropriations

• Ways and Means

Congressional power to monitor and fund regulatory or bureaucratic agencies

• power of the purse

• power

• oversight

• advice and consent

A time when a bill can be altered

• Markup

• Amendment

• debate

• consent

A phrase that refers to the Senate's power to confirm appointments

• Unanimous Consent

• Advice and consent

• Cloture

• Committee of the Whole