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. Committees made up of member of both the House
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1. Chapter 5 vocabulary review The first slide is the definition, the next will be the key term.
2. Committees made up of member of both the House & Senate
3. JOINT COMMITTEES Committees made up of member of both the House & Senate
4. Committees that continue from one Congress to the next
5. STANDING COMMITTEE Committees that continue from one Congress to the next
6. Temporary committees that study only 1 issue
7. SELECT COMMITTEE Temporary committees that study only 1 issue
8. Temporary committee set up to work out the differences when the House & Senate pass different versions of a bill
9. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Temporary committee set up to work out the differences when the House & Senate pass different versions of a bill
10. system that gives the majority member with the longest continuous service on the committee the leadership of that committee
11. SENIORITY SYSTEM system that gives the majority member with the longest continuous service on the committee the leadership of that committee
12. to continue to talk until enough members of the Senate either give up the bill or agree to modify (change) it
13. FILIBUSTER to continue to talk until enough members of the Senate either give up the bill or agree to modify (change) it
14. minimum # of members needed for a vote
15. QUORUM minimum # of members needed for a vote
16. The list of bills that is up for consideration
17. CALENDAR The list of bills that is up for consideration
18. a proposed law
19. BILL a proposed law
20. people of the districts that House members represent
21. CONSTITUENTS people of the districts that House members represent
22. closed meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
23. CAUCUS closed meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
24. assistant floor leaders in Congress
25. WHIPS assistant floor leaders in Congress
26. The Speaker of the House’s top assistant
27. MAJORITY LEADER The Speaker of the House’s top assistant
28. members already in office
29. INCUMBENTS members already in office
30. statewide
31. AT-LARGE statewide
32. vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions
33. CENSURE vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions
34. When the political party in power draws the state’s districts’ boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
35. GERRYMANDER When the political party in power draws the state’s districts’ boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
36. determining the new # of representatives that each state has
37. REAPPORTIONMENT determining the new # of representatives that each state has
38. population count
39. CENSUS population count
40. the process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment
41. REDISTRICTING the process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment
42. Meetings, of Congress
43. SESSIONS Meetings, of Congress