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| A lawmaking body made up of two chambers or parts |
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| A meeting of party members to select delegates backing one or another primary candidates/an association of congress members created to advance a political ideology or a regional, ethnic or economic interest |
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| An order from the house rule committee that sets a time limit on debate; forbids a bill from being amended on the floor |
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| A rule used by the senate 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 senate, but not the president. |
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| A joint committee appointed to resolve differences in the senate and house versions of the same bill |
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| An alliance between republican and conservative democrats |
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| A device by which any member of the house, after a committee has had the bill for 30 days, may petition to have it brought to the floor |
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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 in which the disputed bill is shelved temporarily so that the senate can get 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 to the bill |
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| Committees on which both senators and representatives serve |
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| The legislative leader elected by party members holding the majority of seats in the house or senate |
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| Political districts in which candidates elected to the house of rep. win in close elections (less than 55 percent of the vote) |
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| The legislative leader elected by party members holding the minority of seats in the house or senate |
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| A congressional process whereby a bill may be referred to several committees |
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| An order from the house rule committee that permits a bill to be amended on the floor |
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| A vote in which a majority of democratic legislators oppose a majority of republican legislators |
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| Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return |
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| A legislative bill that deals only with specific, private, personal or local matters |
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| a legislative bill that deals with matters of general concern |
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| the minimum number of members who must be present for business to be conducted in congress |
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| A roll call in either house of congress to see whether the minimum number of representatives required to conduct business is present |
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| an order from the house rules committee that permits certain kinds of amendments but not others to be made into a bill on the floor |
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| A congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering "yea" or "nea" to their names |
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| Districts in which incumbents win by 55% or more |
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| Congressional committees appointed for a limited time and purpose |
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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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| An expression of opinion either in the house or senate to settle procedural matters in either body |
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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 teller, the "yeas" first and nays second |
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| A congressional voting procedure in which members shout "yea" in approval or "nay" in disapproval, permitting members to vote quickly or anonymously on bills |
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| a senator or rep. who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking |
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| a formal expression of congressional opinion that must be approved by both houses of congress and by the president; constitutional amendments need not be signed by the president |
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