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| proposed law presented to the house and senate for consideration. The president's signature is needed for it to become a law |
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| provision added to a bill that is unrelated to the subject |
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| majority of the full membership |
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| 10 steps for bill becoming a law...Learn em |
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| the general ticket system |
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- not used anymore
-all seats were filled at large |
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| district with an unusual shape. done for advantage of party controlling the legislator |
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| runs house and is leader of the majority party |
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| senate version of speaker of the house. tkes over when VP is gone |
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| closed meeting of members of each party in each house to deal with matters of party organization |
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| Rule XXII in the Standing Rules of the senate deals with limiting debate. if 60 senators vote for it, only 30 more hours can be spent on debate |
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| 3 qualifications of house and senate |
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resident of the state
2. age
3. citizenship |
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1. college education
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| 4 states with most house members |
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| texas california new york florida |
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| delaware, vermont, south dakota, northdakota, whyoming, montana, alaska |
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| President Pro Tempre of Senate |
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| Majority leader of senate |
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| minority leader of senate |
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| person who lives in an electoral district and is represented by an elected official |
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| publicily funded projects secured by legislators to benefit their home districts or states (treasuries=pork barrels) |
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| permanent committee of legislators from house or senate responsible for specific areas like foreign affairs |
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| permanent committee of legislators from House and Senate that deal with issues of common interest-like economic policy |
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| temporary committee of legislators from both who work out differences in bills |
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| funds allocated by a legislature for a stated purpose as a part of a budget or spending bill |
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| official statemant issued by both houses, once president signs it,it must become a law |
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| personal services provided by members of COngress to their constituents often to help their constituents with problems they are having with the federal bureacracy |
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