Chapter 12 Flashcards
current speaker of the house
Paul Ryan
who is the president of the senate
Mike Pence
current senate majority leader
Mitch McConnell
why is being the majority party important
- choose chairperson
- chooses speaker of the house
- chooses leader in the senate
- committee majority
- majority vote
bill
proposed law
how a bill becomes a law
- bill is proposed
- House/Senate sends bill to standing committee
- read it, hold hearings, debate
- send to sub-committee who proposes amendments
- Bill goes back to House/Senate for majority vote
- IF it is realized bills from House+Senate not identical
- goes to conference committee to be revised
- IF bill is passed, goes to President
majority vote for the senate
51
majority vote for the house
218
bill
proposed law
4 basic committees
- standing
- joint
- select
- conference
standing committee
- permanent
- members of the house
- cover broad topic areas
joint committee
- temporary
- members of the house and senators
- crisis/investigation
select committee
- temporary
- members of the house
- created by President
- investigates current issues
conference committee
- temporary
- members of the house and senators
- compromise bills
what type of vote is needed for a bill to become a law
majority
limited debate
when there is a time limit for speaking
does the house or senate have limited debate
senate
why is limited debate necessary
number of people in the senate
speaker of the house
leader of the majority party
whip in majority/minority party
bugs people for votes
president pro tempore
to step in when vice president is absent
leader of the senate
voice for the majority party
chair person
person in charge of committees
committee structure
6 people in a committee from majority party
joint resolution
have force of laws
concurrent resolution
the house and senate act jointly
resolution
matters concerning 1 house (taken up by only that body)
pigeonhold
when a bill dies in committee
discharge petition
members force a bill that’s been in committee for 30 days onto floor for consideration
quorum
a majority of membership
engrossed
printed in final form
filibuster
an attempt to talk a bill to death
cloture
limiting debate
veto
refusal
pocket veto
if Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill it dies (if president doesn’t sign it)
what does no cloture result in
filibusters
a cloture takes how many votes
60
filibuster record
24 hours, 18 min
president’s options of what to do with a bill
- sign
- veto
- do nothing
- pocket veto
sign the bill
becomes a law
veto bill
rejects it (can send improvement recommendations)
do nothing
president can refuse to sign and bill is passed after 10 days (Congress must be in session)
pocket veto
president can refuse to sign and bill dies after 10 days (Congress is not in session)
Clinton v. NY
- Clinton crossed out 1 paragraph and tried to sign the bill into law without vetoing
- violated separation of powers (legislative branch’s power)
overriding a veto
2/3 vote in house and senate
bipartisan
both parties
president of the senate
vice president
party caucus
closed meeting of members of each party in each house
subcommittee
divisions of standing committees that do most of the committees work
which committees have members of the house and senators
conference and joint
what will change in the house with new elections
- speaker of the house
- committee distribution seats (for democrats)
- chairman
what will change in the senate with new elections
nothing
speaker of the houes
Paul Ryan (resigning)
who replaces speaker of the house
presumptive speaker of the house
presumptive speaker of the house
Nancy Pelosi
