Ch.11 vocab
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- Majority Leader of the house
- A legislative position held by an important party member in the house of representatives.
- Minority leader of the House
- The party leader elected by the minority party in the house.
- Ombudsperson
- A person who hears and investigates complaints by private individuals against public officials or agencies.
- Oversight
- The process by which congress follows up on laws it has enacted to ensure that they are being enforced and administered in the way congress intended.
- Party Identifier
- A person who identifies with a political party.
- President Pro tempore
- The temporary presiding officer of the senate in the absence of the vice president.
- Reapportionment
- The allocation of seats in the house of representatives to each state after the census.
- Redistricting
- The redrawing of the boundaries of the congressional districts within each state.
- Representation
- The function of members of congress as elected officials representing the views of their constituents.
- Rules committee
- A standing committee of the house of representatives that provides special rules under which specific bills can be debated, amended, and considered by the house.
- Safe Seat
- A district that returns a legislator with 55% of the vote of more.
- Second Budget Resolution
- A resolution passed by congress in Sept. that sets "binding" limtis on taxes and spending for the following fiscal year.
- Select Committee
- A temporary legislative committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose.
- Senate Majority Leader
- The chief spokesperson of the majority party in the senate, who dirests the legislative program and party stratgy.
- Senate Minority Leader
- The party officer in the senate who commands the minority party's opposition to the policies of the majority party and directs the legislative program and strategy of his or her party.
- Seniority System
- A custom followed in both chambers of congress specifying that the member of the majority party with the longest term of coninuous service will be given preference when a committeee chairperson (or a holder of some other significant post) is selcted.
- Speaker of the House
- The presiding officer in the house of representatives. The speaker is always a member of the majority party and is the most powerful and influential member of the house.
- Spring Review
- The annual process in which 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 year.
- Standing Committee
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A temporary legislative committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose.
- Trustee
- A legislator who acts according to her or his conscience ant he broad interests of the entire society.
- Whip
- A member of congress who aids the majority or minority leader of the house or the senate.