Government Ch 7 Vocabulary

A bill dealing with individual people or places.

• Public bill

• Private bill

• Rider

• Driver

A bill dealing with general matters and applying to the entire nation.

• Public bill

• Private bill

• Appropriations bill

• Statement from bill

A resolution passed in the same form by both houses.

• Joint resolution

• Simple resolution

• Concurrent resolution

• Resolute resolution

A statement adopted to cover matters affecting only one house in Congress.

• Continuing resolution

• Treaty of resolution

• Divided resolution

• Simple resolution

A resolution that covers matters requiring the action of the House and Senate but on which a law is not needed.

• Absence of resolution

• Concurrent resolution

• Divided resolution

• Appropriations resolution

A provision included in a bill on a subject other than the one covered in the bill.

• Closed rule

• Rider

• Open rule

• Divided rule

A session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill.

• Authorization bill

• Appropriations bill

• Hearing

• Earmark

Rejection of a bill by the President.

• Veto

• Vote

• Acknowledgement

• Approval

When a president kills a bill passed during the last 10 days of Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it.

• Signature veto

• Voice veto

• Discussion veto

• Pocket veto

The money that people and businesses pay to support the activities of the government.

• Income ferrel

• Interest

• Tax

• Sequester