ch5 L2&3 Flashcards
private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
caucus
the Speaks top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority partys legislative program and to steer importabt bills through the House
majority leader
an assistant to the arty floor leader in the legislature
whip
a proposed law
bill
a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in congress
calendar
authority shared by 2 or more committees
concurrent jurisdiction
the min # if members who must be present to permit a legislatuve body to take official action
quorum
senate member elected by the senate who stands in as president of the senate in the absense of the VP
president pro tempore
motion by all members of the senate who are present to set aside formal rules and consider a bill from the calendar
unanimous consent
a motion placed on a bill in the senate that alerts party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought they would object
hold
a method of defeating a bill in the senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
filibuster
a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hr on a bill under debate
cloture resolution
a permanent committee in congress that deal w certain kinds of issues
standing committee
a person whom a member of congress has been elected to represent
constituent
