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| Attitudinal View of Representation |
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| assumes that members vote on the basis of their own beliefs because the array of conflicting pressures on members cancel out one another. |
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| two chambers (house and senate) |
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| an association of congressional members created to advance a political ideology or a regional, ethnic, or economic interest |
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| a bill that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments. consists of many riders |
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| An order from the House Rules Committee that sets a time limit on debate and forbids a particular bill from being amended on the floor |
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| A rule used by the Senate, providing to end or limit debate |
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| An expression of opinion without the force of law that requires the approval of both the House and the Senate, but not the president. |
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| A joint committee appointed to resolve differences in house and senate versions of the same bill |
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| the legislature of the United States government |
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| Congressional Budget Office |
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| a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It is a government agency that provides economic data to Congress |
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| Congressional Research Service |
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| the public policy research arm of the United States Congress. |
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| an alliance between conservative Democrats and Republicans |
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| A device by which any member of the House, after a committee has had a bill for 30 days, may petition to have it brought to the floor. If a majority of members agree, the bill is discharged for the committee. |
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| Division Vote (standing vote) |
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| A congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted |
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| A procedure to keep the senate going during a filibuster, whereby a disputed bill is temporarily shelved so that the Senate can go on with other business |
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| An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action on the bill |
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| allow members to send official mail using his/her signature instead of a stamp. |
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| Government Accountability Office |
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| the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress |
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| The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party |
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| committee on which both representatices and senators serve |
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| the legislative leader elected by party members holding a majority of seats in the House of the Senate |
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| Unequal distribution, ex districts unevenly spread out |
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| political districts in which candidates elected to the house of reps win in close elections, typically by less than 55 percent of the vote |
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| The committee meeting held to review the text of a bill before reporting it to the floor. Committee members do not make changes to the text but can vote on proposed amendments. In conclusion, members vote on a motion to send the bill with accompanying amendments, to the House. |
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| the legislative leader elected by party members holding a minority of seats in the House of Representatives or the Senate |
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| a congressional process whereby a bill may be referred to several committees that consider it simultaneously in whole or in part |
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| an order from the House Rules Committee that permits a bill to be amended on the floor |
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| Organizational view of rep. |
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| when a congressman follows what his colleagues (other congressmen) do instead of listening to the people or his own values |
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| upreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. |
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| a vote in which a majority of Democratic legislators oppose a majority of Republican legislators |
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| Wasteful government expeditures that lawmakers secure for their local districts in an attempt to gain favor with voters |
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| legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hopes of winning their votes in return |
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| onstitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer |
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| legislative bill that deals with specific, private, personal, or local matters, like a bill pertaining to an individual becoming a naturalized citizen |
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| a legislative bill that deals with matters of general concern, like defense expenditures |
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| the minimum number of members required to be in attendance for Congress to conduct official busness |
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| A calling of the roll in either house of Congress to see whether the number of representatives in attendance meets the minimum number required to conduct business |
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| representational view of rep. |
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| Members of congress vote based on what the people want in the district that they represent. |
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| an order from the House Rules Committee that permist certain kinds of amendments but not others to be made to a bill on the floor |
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| an additional provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill. |
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| a congressional procedure that consists of members answering yea or nay when their names are called |
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| a committee of the House of Representatives. It is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor. |
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| a House district in which the winner of the general election carries more than 55 percent of the vote |
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| permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area |
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| a congressional process by which a Speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting |
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| Changes Senator selection from each state's legislature to popular election by the people of each state. |
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| an expression of opinion, without the force of law, either in the House or the Senate, to settle housekeeping or procedural matters in either body. |
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| an increase in the votes a congressional leader usually gets when they first run for reelection |
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| A representative selected by the majority party to preside over House proceedings. |
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| permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area |
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| a congressional voting procedure in which members pass between two tellers, first the yeas and then the nays. Since 1971, teller votes are recorded at the request of twenty members |
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| A Congressional voting procedure used in both houses in which members vote by shouting yea or nay |
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| A senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking. |
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