Ch. 12 Vocab US Part 2

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Party Identifier
A person who identifies with a political party
Reapportionment
The allocation of seats int eh house of Representatives to each state after each census
Redistricting
The redrawing of hte boundaries of the congressional districts within each state
Justiciable Question
A quesiton that may be raised and reviewed in court
Gerrymandering
The drawing of legislative district boundary lines for the purpose of obtaining partisan or factional advantage.
Franking
A policy that enables members of Congress to send material through the mail by substituting their facsimilie signature (frank) for postage
Discharge Petition
A procedure by which a bill in the House of Representatives may be forced out of a committee that has refused to report it for consideration by the House
Standing Committee
A permanent committee within the House or Senate that considders bills within a certain subject area
Select Committee
A temporary legislative committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose
Joint Committee
A legislative committee composed of members from both chambers of Congress
Conference CommitteeA special joint committee appointed to reconcile differences when bills pass the two chambers of Congress in different formsSeniority SystemA custom follwed in both chambers of Congress specifying that members with longer terms of continuous service will be given preference when committee chairpersons and holders of other significant posts are selectedSafe SeatA district that returns the legislator with 55 percent of the vote or moreSpeaker of the HouseThe presiding officer in the House of Representatives.Majority Leader of the HouseA legislative position held by an important party member in teh House of RepresentativesMinority Leader of the Housethe party leader elected by the minority party in the housePresident Pro Temporethe temporary presiding officer of the Senate int he absence of the vice presidentMajority Floor LeaderTeh chief spokesperson of the majority party in the Senate, who directs the legislative program and party strategyConservative CoalitionAn alliance of Republicans and southern Democrats that can form in the House of the Senate to oppose libveral legislation and support conservative legislationExecutive Budgetthe budget prepared and submitted by the president to congressFiscal Yearthe twelve month period that is used for bookkeeping or acounting, purposesSpring ReviewThe time every year when the Office of Management and Budget requires federal agencies to review their programs, activities, and goals and submit their requests for funding for the next fiscal yearFall reviewthe time every year when, after recieving formal federal agency requests for funding for the next fiscal year, the Office of management and Budget reviews the requests, makes changes, and submits its recommendations to the presidentFirst Budget ResolutionA resolution passed by congress in May that sets overall revenue and spending goals for the following yearSecond Budget Resolutiona resolution passed by Congress in September that sets "binding" limits on taxes and spending for the next fiscal year beginning October 1Continuing ResolutionA temporary law that Congress passes when an appropriations bill has not been decided by the beginning of the new fiscal year on October 1