HMH - U.S. Government - Module 5.5: "The Legislative Branch"

#1 - Provision that bears little relationship to the main purpose of the bill to which it is attached.

• rider
• Committee of the Whole
• concurrent resolution
• conference committee
• discharge petition

#2 - Act of Congress used in out-of-the-ordinary circumstances and to propose constitutional amendments.

• joint resolution
• Committee of the Whole
• concurrent resolution
• conference committee
• discharge petition

#3 - Congressional action that addresses matters that affect both the House and the Senate.

• concurrent resolution
• Committee of the Whole
• conference committee
• discharge petition
• joint resolution

#4 - Method, requiring the support of a majority of House members, used to force a bill out of a committee.

• discharge petition
• Committee of the Whole
• concurrent resolution
• conference committee
• joint resolution

#5 - Committee formed by all the members of the House of Representatives.

• Committee of the Whole
• concurrent resolution
• conference committee
• discharge petition
• joint resolution

#6 - Number of representatives legally required in order to conduct business.

• quorum
• Committee of the Whole
• concurrent resolution
• conference committee
• discharge petition

#7 - Voting procedure that requires each member of the House to publicly state his or her vote.

• roll-call vote
• Committee of the Whole
• concurrent resolution
• conference committee
• discharge petition

#8 - Committee, made up of members of the House and the Senate, whose job it is to resolve differences between bills passed in the two chambers.

• conference committee
• Committee of the Whole
• concurrent resolution
• discharge petition
• joint resolution

#9 - Tactic used by the president to prevent a bill from becoming a law.

• pocket veto
• Committee of the Whole
• concurrent resolution
• conference committee
• discharge petition

#10 - Process by which bills are assigned to a congressional committee.

• referral
• Committee of the Whole
• concurrent resolution
• conference committee
• discharge petition