AP US GovPo Unit 2 Congress

pork barrel spending

• the use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes

• manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party

• an attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action on the bill

• procedure that may be used to limit or end floor debate in the Senate

filibuster

• the use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes

• manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party

• an attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action on the bill

• procedure that may be used to limit or end floor debate in the Senate

cloture rule

• the use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes

• manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party

• an attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action on the bill

• procedure that may be used to limit or end floor debate in the Senate

standing committees

• permanent committees that meet regularly and are assigned work on an ongoing basis

• committees of Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill

• House committee that determines which bills come to the floor and sets rules and procedures for how they will be debated and amended

• refers to a committee consisting of members of the House and the Senate

conference committees

• permanent committees that meet regularly and are assigned work on an ongoing basis

• committees of Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill

• House committee that determines which bills come to the floor and sets rules and procedures for how they will be debated and amended

• refers to a committee consisting of members of the House and the Senate

Rules committee

• permanent committees that meet regularly and are assigned work on an ongoing basis

• committees of Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill

• House committee that determines which bills come to the floor and sets rules and procedures for how they will be debated and amended

• refers to a committee consisting of members of the House and the Senate

joint committee

• permanent committees that meet regularly and are assigned work on an ongoing basis

• committees of Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill

• House committee that determines which bills come to the floor and sets rules and procedures for how they will be debated and amended

• refers to a committee consisting of members of the House and the Senate

advice and consent

• In the U.S. a power of the Senate to be consulted on and approve treaties signed and appointments made by the President of the U.S.

• a way to bring a bill to the floor without having to pass through committee...considered a strong rebuke to majority party leadership

• the leader of the majority party who serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives

• the chief spokesperson of the majority party in the Senate, who directs the legislative program and party strategy

discharge petition

• In the U.S. a power of the Senate to be consulted on and approve treaties signed and appointments made by the President of the U.S.

• a way to bring a bill to the floor without having to pass through committee...considered a strong rebuke to majority party leadership

• the leader of the majority party who serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives

• the chief spokesperson of the majority party in the Senate, who directs the legislative program and party strategy

Speaker of the House

• In the U.S. a power of the Senate to be consulted on and approve treaties signed and appointments made by the President of the U.S.

• a way to bring a bill to the floor without having to pass through committee...considered a strong rebuke to majority party leadership

• the leader of the majority party who serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives

• the chief spokesperson of the majority party in the Senate, who directs the legislative program and party strategy