Chapter 10 Part 2

Question 0

Majority leader

Answer 0

In the house, the majority party leader and second in command to the speaker, in the Senate, the leader of the majority party

Question 1

Speaker of the house

Answer 1

Presiding officer of the house of representatives

Question 2

Minority leader

Answer 2

In both the house and the Senate, the leader of the opposition party

Question 3

Whips

Answer 3

In both the house and Senate, the principal assistants to the party leaders and next in command to those leaders

Question 4

Standing committee

Answer 4

Permanent committee of the house or Senate that deals with matters within a specified subject area

Question 5

Subcommittees

Answer 5

Specialized committees within standing committees; subcommittee recommendations must be approved by the full standing committee before submission to the floor

Question 6

Seniority system

Answer 6

Custom where by the member of Congress who has served the longest on the majority side of a committee becomes its chair and the member who has served the longest on the minority side becomes its ranking member

Question 7

Drafting a bill

Answer 7

Actual writing of a bill in legal language

Question 8

Markup

Answer 8

Line by line revision of a bill in committee by editing each phrase and word

Question 9

Discharge petition

Answer 9

Petition signed by at least 218 house members to force a vote on a bill within a committee that opposes it

Question 10

Rule/closed/restricted/open

Answer 10

Stipulation attached to a bell and the House of Representatives that governs its consideration on the floor, including one and for how long it can be debated and how many if any amendments maybe appended to it

Forbids adding any amendments to a bill under consideration by the house

Allows only specified amendments to be added to bill under consideration by the house

Permits unlimited amendments to a bill under consideration by the house

Question 11

Filibuster

Answer 11

Delaying tactic by a senator or a group of senators, using the senates unlimited debate rule to prevent a vote on a bill

Question 12

Cloture

Answer 12

Vote to end debate that is to end a filibuster which requires a 3/5 vote of the entire membership of the senate

Question 13

Rider

Answer 13

Amendment to a bill that is not germane to that bills purposes

Question 14

Conference

Answer 14

Meetings between representatives of the house and Senate to reconcile differences of the provisions of the bill passed by both houses

Question 15

Bipartisanship

Answer 15

Agreement by members of both the Democratic and the Republican parties

Question 16

Divided party government

Answer 16

One-party controls the presidency while the other party controls one or both houses of Congress

Question 17

Constituency

Answer 17

The votes in a legislators home district

Question 18

Trustees

Answer 18

Legislators who feel obligated to use their own best judgement and decision-making

Question 19

Delegates

Answer 19

Accredited voting members of a party’s national presidential nominating convention

Question 20

Logrolling

Answer 20

Bargaining for agreement among legislators to support each other’s favorite bills, especially projects that primarily benefit individual members and their constituents

Question 21

Gridlock

Answer 21

political stalemate to the executive and legislative branches arising in one branch is controlled by 1 major political party and other brands by the other party

Question 22

Censure

Answer 22

Public reprimand for wrongdoing, given to a member standing in the chamber before Congress