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| those already holding office; they are most likely to win Congressional elections |
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| actions of membersof Congress that help constituents as individuals |
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| mighty list of federal projects, grants, and contracts available to a Congress official's district |
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| a legislature divided into two houses |
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| an institution within the House of Representativesthat reviews all bills coming from a House committee before they go to the full house |
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| a strategy unique to the Senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation try to talk it to death, based on the traitionof unlimited debate; 60 members present and voting can halt a filibuster |
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| an office mandated by the Constitution that ischosen in practice by the majority party with formal and informal powers; they can succeed to the presidency if the office becomes vacant |
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| principal partisan ally of the SPeaker of theHouse or the party's manager in the Senate; the majority leader is responsible for scheduling bills, influencing committeeassignments, and rounding up votes in behalf of the party's legislative positions |
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| party leaders who work withthe majority leader or minority leader ot count votes beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill favored by the party |
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| principal leader of the minority party in the House of Representatives or in the Senate |
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| seperate subject-matter committees in each house of Congress that handle bills in different policy areas |
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| COngressional committees on a few subject-matterareas with membership drawn from both houses |
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| COngressional committees formed when the Senate and the House pass a particular bill in different forms; party leadership appoints members from each house to iron out the differences and ring back a single bill |
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| COngressional committees appointed for a specific purpose |
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| Congress's monitoring of the bureacracy and its administration of policy in the form of hearings |
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| most influential of the congressional agenda; they play dominant roles in scheduling hearings, hiring staff, appointing subcommittees, and managing committee bills that are brought before the full house |
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| a simple rule for picking committee chairs; members who hadseved on the commttee the longest and whose party controlled the chamber became the chair |
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| a group of members in Congress sharing some interest or characteristic; most of composed of members from both parties and houses |
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| a proposed law drafted in legal language; only a member of the House or Senate can formally submit one for consideration |
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