Week 4 Flashcards
What is a referral?
The process by which bills are assigned to a congressional committee
Tactic used by the President to prevent a bill from becoming a law:
pocket veto
What is a rider?
A provision that bears little relationship to the main purpose of the bill to which it is attached.
What is a committee made up of members of the House and Senate whose job it is to resolve differences between bills passed in the two chambers?
conference committees
Committee formed by all members of the House:
Committee of the Whole
What is a joint resolution?
An Act of Congress used in out of ordinary circumstances and to propose constitutional amendments.
A congressional action that addresses matters that effect both the House and Senate:
concurrent resolution
What is a discharge petition?
A method, requiring the support of a majority of House members, used to force a bill out of committee.
What is a roll-call vote?
It requires each member in the house to publicly state his or her vote.
The Number of representatives legally required in order to conduct business is:
a quorum
Earmarking money for congressional members districts in order to get their vote on a bill if referred to as what?
pork barrel spending
What president used the veto the most? How many times?
Franklin Roosevelt, 635 times
