There are _______________ made up of members of both houses.

Other committees are___________________, which are created to reconcile a bill when the House and Senate write different versions of it.

Any member of Congress can propose a bill, this is called _____________, but it has to go to a committee first.

The power to control what do or do not become bills is what political scientists call "_______________"

The committee chairs also manage the actual process of writing a bill, which is called ______________, and the vote on the bill in the committee itself.

Committees exercise ______________ by assigning staff to scrutinize a particular law or policy and by holding hearings.

Being able to offer chairmanships to loyal party members gives the __________ a lot more influence over the committees themselves.

As congresspeople spend more and more time raising money, more and more of the actual legislative work is done by the ____________.

The Congressional Budget Office assesses the likely cost and impact of legislation. When the CBO looks at the cost of a particular bill it's called "____________________"

The ________________, ...are...semi-formal groups of congresspeople organized around particular identities or interests.

Caucuses, congressional staff, and especially committees, all exist to make __________________ more efficient.