"The Bill Process"

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standing committees
permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area
sub committees
standing committees that are further divided into smaller, more specialized bodies
filibuster
A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator refuses to relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a controversial issue.
cloture
A procedure used in the senate to limit debate on a bill (end a filibuster); requires 60 votes.
conference committee
A special joint committee appointed to reconcile differences when bills pass the two chambers of Congress in different forms.
veto
Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
pocket veto
A bill fails to become law because the president did not sign it within ten days before Congress adjourns
the hopper
wooden box where proposed bills go
bill
legislation submitted to the House and/or the Senate.
resolution
a statement of policy, belief, or appreciation passed by a legislative body.
riderA provision attached to a bill - to which it may or may not be related - in order to secure its passage or defeat.germanerelevant to a subject under consideration.rules committeeA standing committee of the House of Representatives that provides special rules under which specific bills can be debated, amended, and considered by the house.pigeon holedWhen one committee attaches numerous & crippling amendments to a bill to make another committee decide not to fund it.discharge petitionA 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. It must be signed by an absolute majority (218) of representatives and is used only on rare occasions.