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WorksheetsCongress Vocabulary Words
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 16mins
Appropriations
Open debate
Getting top priority for a bill
People who share beliefs
Figuring how much a bill costs before people vote
Caucus
A fund that is optional to spend
People who share beliefs
Vote to shut someone up (only in Senate)
Short bills passed to pass a bigger bill
Cloture
Vote to shut someone up (Only in Senate)
Street in Washington, D.C. where lobbyists are common
Ironing out differences between Congress & House
Important to you but not to other people
Bipartisan
Both parties
Active president lost mandate
Open vote. Everyone in the building
Preventing a bill from getting passed by talking
Discharge
Financial year beginning in middle of April
Making bill better than it really is
Let's agree to get this done quicker
Passing around a bill, giving it another chance to get passed
Discretionary spending
Important to you but not to other people
Fund that is optional to spend
Open debate
Senate and House speaking as one. Almost never happens
An earmark is important to you but not to other people. In other words, I do it you get credit.
(a)
Rider
Everything to get a bill passed. Most can't understand
Pressure people into supporting a party
Short bills passed to pass bigger bills
Giving the other party what they want to get what you want
Fast track
Getting top priority for a bill
Vote to shut people up (Only in Senate)
Financial year beginning in middle of April
Ironing out differences between Congress & House
Filibuster
Active president lost mandate
Preventing a bill from getting passed by talking
Mandatory to spend by law
Putting bill as not a priority at all
Fiscal year
Ironing differences between Congress & House
People who share beliefs
Figuring out how much a bill costs before people vote
Financial year beginning middle of April
Floor
Open debate
Open vote
Senate & House speaking as one. Almost never happens
Putting bill as not a priority at all
Conference Committee
Senate and House speaking as one. Almost never happens
Passing a bill around to give bill another chance to get passed
Ironing out differences between Congress & House
Open vote
Joint resolution
Open debate
Senate and House speaking as one. Almost never happens
State has to do, provided no money to do so
Spending unrelated to the bill
(a) is a street in Washington, D.C. where lobbyists are extremely common.
An active president who lost a mandate is a (a)
Log-rolling
Giving the other party what they want to get what you want
Mandatory to spend by law
Open vote
Pressure people into supporting a party
(a) is when it is mandatory to spend by law.
Mark-up
Let's agree to get this done quicker
Pressure people into supporting a party
Getting a top priority for a bill
Making bill seem better than it actually is
Omnibus
Figuring how much a bill costs before people vote
Everything to get a bill passed. Most can't understand
Street in Washington, D.C. where lobbyists are extremely common
Short bills passed to pass bigger bills
Pigeon-hole
Open vote
State has to do, provided no money to do so
Spending unrelatable to the bill
Putting a bill as not a priority at all
Pork
Spending unrelated to the bill
Ironing out differences between Congress & House
Both parties
Let's agree to get this done quicker
Quorum call
Short bills passed to pass bigger bills
People who share beliefs
Open vote. Everyone in the building
Pressuring people into supporting a party
Motion to Table
Vote to shut people up (Only in Senate)
Ironing out differences between Congress & House
Spending unrelated to the bill
Able to interrupt something you don't like
Unanimous Consent
Let's agree to get this done quicker
Putting bill as not a priority at all
State has to do, provided no money to do so
Pressuring people into supporting a party
Unfunded Mandate
Getting top priority for a bill
State has to do, provided no money to do so
Able to interrupt something you don't like
Important to you but not others
Majority whip
Pressuring people into supporting a party
Short bills passed to pass bigger fields
Preventing a bill from getting passed by talking
Vote open
