Chaoter 12 Section 3-4

Question 0

A bill dealing with general mattered and applying to the entire nation

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Public bill

Question 1

A bill dealing with individual people or places

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Private bill

Question 2

A statement adopted to cover matters affecting only one house of congress; also called a resolution

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Simple resolution

Question 3

A resolution passed by both houses of congress dealing with unusual or temporary matters such as correcting an error in an earlier law

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Joint resolution

Question 4

A resolution that covers matters requiring the action of the house and senate but on which a law is not needed

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Concurrent resolution

Question 5

A provision including in a bill on a subject other than the one covered I the bill

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Rider

Question 6

When a bill introduced in congress is given a title and a number, printed, and distributed

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First reading

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Ignoring a bill in committee

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Pigeonholing

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A procedure enabling members to force a bill that has been pigeonholed in committee onto the floor for consideration

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Discharge petition

Question 9

To print a bill in its formal form

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Engross

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Sessions at which a committee listens to the testimony from people interested in the bill

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Hearings

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Members of a conference committee

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Conferees

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Compromise bill presented by the conference committee after the changes are made

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Conference report

Question 13

Various tactics aimed at defeating a bill in a legislative body by preventing a final vote; associated with the us senate

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Filibuster

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Procedure that may be used to limit or end floor debate in a legislative body

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Cloture

Question 15

When the president kills a bill passed in during the last ten days congress is in session by simply refusing the act

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Pocket veto

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Rejection of bill

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Veto

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The order in which officials fill the office of the president in case of vacancy

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Presidential succession

Question 18

All laws start as _____.

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Bills

Question 19

A proposed law is called a bill until

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Bot houses of congress pass it and the president signs it.

Question 20

Of the thousands of bulls introduced in each session of congress, only

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A small number of theses become laws.

Question 21

The constitution asserts that revenue bills must __________. All other bills may be ___________________________________.

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Begin in the house

Introduced in either the house or the senate.

Question 22

There are two types of bills introduced in congress:

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Private bills

Public bills

Question 23

Three types of resolutions that congress may pass:

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Simple resolutions - covers matters affecting only one house of congress and is passed by one house alone.
Joint resolution - passed by both houses, a joint resolution may be given the force of law by the presidents signature.
Concurrent resolutions - cover matters requiring the action of the house and senate but in which a law is not needed.

Question 24

For a regular session, a __________ is the majority of the house - _____ members.

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Quorum

218

Question 25

When the house meets to debate and amend legislation it may often sit as a _____________________, in which only _____ members represent a quorum.

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Committee of the whole

100

Question 26

The committee of the whole __________ pass a bill.

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Cannot

Question 27

Only ________________ can introduce a bill in either house of congress.

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A member of congress

Question 28

________________, a representative drops the bill into the hopper.

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In the house

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__________________, the presiding officer of the senate must first recognize the senator who then formally presents the bill.

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In the senate

Question 30

Whatever committee gets the bill may kill the bill by

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Pigeonholing

A majority vote against

Question 31

In the committee doesn’t kill the bill it may

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Recomend that the bill be adopted as introduced
Make changes to the bill
Completely rewrote the bill before presenting it back to house or senate for further action
Report bill with unfavorable recommendation

Question 32

A bill that is not killed is ________________.

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Reported to the house or senate

Question 33

In the house there is a on intermediate step between _________ and ____________. The ____________ sets conditions for debate and amendment on the floor.

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Reporting a bill
Floor action
Riles committee

Question 34

Often a bill passed by the house will differ from the a bill on the dame matter passed by the senate. In such cases the bill goes to _________________. The compromise bill is created by the _________ is called a _________________.

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Conference committee
Conferees
Conference report

Question 35

After both houses of congress have approved a bill in identical form, the president may take any one of several actions:

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Sign bill into law
Hold the bill for ten days while congress in session, thus alowimh the bill to become a law without his signature
Veto a bill
Pocket veto

Question 36

Congress can override the presidents veto with _______________.

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2/3 vote in both houses

Question 37

After a bill becomes law it is registered with national archives amd records service. The process includes:

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Identifying the bill as a public or private law
Identifying the congress that passed the bill
The number of the law for that term