ch5 L2&3

Question 1

private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

Answer 1

caucus

Question 2

the Speaks top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority partys legislative program and to steer importabt bills through the House

Answer 2

majority leader

Question 3

an assistant to the arty floor leader in the legislature

Answer 3

whip

Question 4

a proposed law

Answer 4

bill

Question 5

a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in congress

Answer 5

calendar

Question 6

authority shared by 2 or more committees

Answer 6

concurrent jurisdiction

Question 7

the min # if members who must be present to permit a legislatuve body to take official action

Answer 7

quorum

Question 8

senate member elected by the senate who stands in as president of the senate in the absense of the VP

Answer 8

president pro tempore

Question 9

motion by all members of the senate who are present to set aside formal rules and consider a bill from the calendar

Answer 9

unanimous consent

Question 10

a motion placed on a bill in the senate that alerts party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought they would object

Answer 10

hold

Question 11

a method of defeating a bill in the senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote

Answer 11

filibuster

Question 12

a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hr on a bill under debate

Answer 12

cloture resolution

Question 13

a permanent committee in congress that deal w certain kinds of issues

Answer 13

standing committee

Question 14

a person whom a member of congress has been elected to represent

Answer 14

constituent