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| The major responsibility of Congress is _____. |
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| What is another word for lawmaking? |
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| What is a proposed new law? |
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| As far as bills go, _____ apply to the nation at large. |
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| As far as bills go, _____ apply only to individual citizens or groups of people. |
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| A _____ is a format statement of opinion or determination adopted by a legislative assembly. |
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| simple resolution, joint resolution, concurrent resolution |
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| There are three kinds of resolutions Congress may adopt. A _____ is passed by only one house and dealing with matters relating to that house. A _____ is passed by both houses and signed by the President. A _____ is passed by both houses and dealing with matters that need joint action but no formal law. |
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| The Constitution provides that only the _____ may introduce revenue and appropriation bills. |
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| If a bill is sponsored by members from both parties, it is called a _____. |
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| After a bill has been introduced into either the House or Senate, it is assigned to a _____. |
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| Some bills are _____, which means that they are put aside and purposely forgotten. |
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| The House has a rule that if a member can get 218 signatures on a petition, he can get his bill out of committee and onto the floor. This petition is called a _____. |
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| A _____ is an attempt to kill a bill by stalling the vote on it. |
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| The only way to prevent a filibuster is to invoke the Senate's _____. This is where if three fifths of the senators vote to invoke cloture, each senator is limited to a maximum of one hour to speak on a bill under consideration. |
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