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Incumbents
Candidates already in office
Usually win congressional elections
casework
Activities by members of Congress that help specific voters
Helps keep them in office
pork barrel
Earmarks that must be spent in specific districts
Help keep constituents in office
bicameral legislature
A two-house legislature
House Rules Committee
Reviews all bills from a House committee before they can go on the flloor of the whole house
filibuster
Opponents of a bill try to halt the progress by talking excessively
Only occurs in the Senate because they have unlimited debate
Speaker of the House
Chosen by majority party
Second in line to succeed the president
majority leader
Schedules bills, influences committee assignments and helps get votes for pieces of legislation
Speaker of the House's ally
whips
Party leaders who keep track of the vote count before and influence any swing votes
minority leader
Leads the minority party
standing committees
Separate committees that handle bills in different policy areas
joint committees
Congressional committees that cover several topics and have members of both parties
conference committees
Congressional committees for when the Senate and HOR pass different forms of a bill
Have to compromise the 2 sides and bring back one bill
select committees
Congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose-Watergate
legislative oversight
How Congress monitors the bureaucracy and how they administer policy-hearings
committee chairs
Schedule hearings, hire staff, appoint subcommittees, manage bills before the whole house
seniority system
The member on the committee longest and is part of the majority party becomes the committee chair
Still used unofficially
congressional caucus
Members of Congress that share an interest or characteristic
Bipartisan and bicameral membership
bill
Proposed law
Anyone can write one but only a member of the HOR or the Senate can present it for consideration
Author
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Gov 12
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gov chapter 12
Updated
2012-01-08T07:25:26Z
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