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| activities of congressmemebers that help constituents as individuals; cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to get. |
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| an institution unique to the House of Reps that reviews all bills (except revenue, budget and appropriations bills) coming from a House committee before they go to the full house. |
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| seperate subject matter committees in each house of congress that handle bills in difficult policy areas. |
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congressional committees on a few subject matter areas 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 bring back to a single bill. |
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