chapter 7 section 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 private bill | deal with individual people or places |
| public bills | deal with general matters and apply to the entire nation |
| simple resolution | covers matters affecting only one house of congress and is passed by that house alone |
| rider | is a provision on a subject other than the one covered in the bill |
| hearing | the committee listens to testimony from witnesses who may include experts on the subject of the bill |
| veto | the president can also reject a bill with a veto |
| pocket veto | the president may also kill a bill passed during the last 10 days congress is in session by refusing to action it |
| voice vote | A congressional voting procedure in which members shout "yea" in approval or "nay" in disapproval, permitting members to cote quickly or anonymously on bills. |
| standing vote | (both houses) those in favor of the bill stand and are counted, then those opposed stand and are counted |
| roll call vote | a congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering "aye" or "no" to their names are called in alphabetical |
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