Chaoter 12 Section 3-4 Flashcards
A bill dealing with general mattered and applying to the entire nation
Public bill
A bill dealing with individual people or places
Private bill
A statement adopted to cover matters affecting only one house of congress; also called a resolution
Simple resolution
A resolution passed by both houses of congress dealing with unusual or temporary matters such as correcting an error in an earlier law
Joint resolution
A resolution that covers matters requiring the action of the house and senate but on which a law is not needed
Concurrent resolution
A provision including in a bill on a subject other than the one covered I the bill
Rider
When a bill introduced in congress is given a title and a number, printed, and distributed
First reading
Ignoring a bill in committee
Pigeonholing
A procedure enabling members to force a bill that has been pigeonholed in committee onto the floor for consideration
Discharge petition
To print a bill in its formal form
Engross
Sessions at which a committee listens to the testimony from people interested in the bill
Hearings
Members of a conference committee
Conferees
Compromise bill presented by the conference committee after the changes are made
Conference report
Various tactics aimed at defeating a bill in a legislative body by preventing a final vote; associated with the us senate
Filibuster
Procedure that may be used to limit or end floor debate in a legislative body
Cloture
When the president kills a bill passed in during the last ten days congress is in session by simply refusing the act
Pocket veto
Rejection of bill
Veto
The order in which officials fill the office of the president in case of vacancy
Presidential succession
All laws start as _____.
Bills
A proposed law is called a bill until
Bot houses of congress pass it and the president signs it.
Of the thousands of bulls introduced in each session of congress, only
A small number of theses become laws.
The constitution asserts that revenue bills must __________. All other bills may be ___________________________________.
Begin in the house
Introduced in either the house or the senate.
There are two types of bills introduced in congress:
Private bills
Public bills
Three types of resolutions that congress may pass:
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.
For a regular session, a __________ is the majority of the house - _____ members.
Quorum
218
When the house meets to debate and amend legislation it may often sit as a _____________________, in which only _____ members represent a quorum.
Committee of the whole
100
The committee of the whole __________ pass a bill.
Cannot
Only ________________ can introduce a bill in either house of congress.
A member of congress
________________, a representative drops the bill into the hopper.
In the house
__________________, the presiding officer of the senate must first recognize the senator who then formally presents the bill.
In the senate
Whatever committee gets the bill may kill the bill by
Pigeonholing
A majority vote against
In the committee doesn’t kill the bill it may
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
A bill that is not killed is ________________.
Reported to the house or senate
In the house there is a on intermediate step between _________ and ____________. The ____________ sets conditions for debate and amendment on the floor.
Reporting a bill
Floor action
Riles committee
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 _________________.
Conference committee
Conferees
Conference report
After both houses of congress have approved a bill in identical form, the president may take any one of several actions:
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
Congress can override the presidents veto with _______________.
2/3 vote in both houses
After a bill becomes law it is registered with national archives amd records service. The process includes:
Identifying the bill as a public or private law
Identifying the congress that passed the bill
The number of the law for that term
