GW - Congress Vocabulary Part II

A tactic through which an individual senator may use the right of unlimited debate (talk a bill to death) to delay amotion or postpone action on a piece of legislation.

• cloture

• filibuster

• discharge petition

• logrolling

A procedure through which senators can end debate on a bill and proceed to action, provided 60 senators agree to it.

• cloture

• filibuster

• hold

• veto

An agreement in the Senate that sets the terms for consideration of a bill.

• unanimous consent agreement

• discharge petition

• Politico Role

• Hold

A delay placed on legislation by a senator who object to a bill.

• hold

• cloture

• gridlock

• oversight

A program that provides benefits (Social Security, and Medicare) for those who qualify under thelaw, regardless of income.

• Entitlement Program

• Mandatory Spending

• Discretionary Spending

• Hold Spending

Spending required by law, or for certain programs including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, and other special funds for people in temporary need of help.

• Entitlement Program

• Mandatory Spending

• Discretionary Spending

• Hold Spending

Funding that congressional committes debate and decide how to divide up. (Federal agency spending, interest on the national debt and human resources is the largest category of spending)

• Discretionary Spending

• Mandatory Spending

• Office of Budget Spending

• Hold Spending

Part of the executive branch, review all of the monetary requests from each of the federal agencies and combining them into the president's proposed budget. It's estimates are based on taxes and spending, whether the government have a surplus or budget deficit and sends the proposed budget to Congress.

• Office of Management and Budget

• Office of the Senator Budget Committee

• Office of the HOR Budget Committee

• Hold

The amount of money remaining when the government takes in more than it spends.

• budget surplus

• budget defict

• national debt

• bipartisanship

The shortfall when a government takes in less money than it spends, forcing the government to borrow, producing higher tax revenues in the future.

• budget surplus

• budget defict

• national dept

• delegate