n Big speech the President gives each year in which he tells what kind of shape our country is in.
n State of the Union Address/Message
n T/F The House has a relatively smooth opening and is ready to get down to business pretty much on the first day.
n False—the House is very busy and chaotic at the beginning of a term/session
n The most powerful person in Congress.
n Speaker of the House
n Who is the current Speaker of the House?
n Paul Ryan
n Name some duties of the Speaker.
n Preside, maintain order, put questions to a vote, refer bills to committee
n Who is the leader of the Senate?
n President of the Senate
n What other position does the President of the Senate fulfill?
n VP
n Why is the Speaker looked to be more powerful than the Pres. of the Senate?
n The speaker is elected by their peers and they can debate/vote on any bill. VP can only vote to break a tie.
n Who takes over in the Senate if the President of the Senate cannot be there?
n President Pro Tempore—Orrin Hatch
n Which party is the majority party in the House?
n Republican
n Senate?
n Republican
n Closed meeting of party members
n Party caucus
n What do they discuss in caucus?
n Strategy---what direction they want to go it —what bills they want to see passed—also, they elect important party officials
n The head of a committee
n Committee chairperson
n How do you get to be in positions of leadership in Congress?
n Seniority or experience
n Small group of senators or representatives that work on a bill
n committee
n Why did Congress set up the committee system?
n To divide up their workload and become more organized.
n A smaller part of a standing committee
n subcommittee
n Permanent committees in Congress that work on bills
n Standing committees
n Special temporary committees that investigate
n Select committees
n Committees composed of members of the House and Senate
n Joint committee
n Committee composed of members of the House and Senate---their job is to iron out differences between the House and Senate versions of a bill and produce a compromise bill
n Conference committee
n Acts as a traffic cop as it screens bills in the House of Rep.
n House Rules Committee
A proposed law
Bill
n About _____ % of all bills become law.
10
n This is where bills spend most of their time.
committee
n This is where most bills die.
committee
n Number of options that the President has when he gets a bill
4
n This happens when the President rejects a bill
veto
n If the President approves a bill it becomes _______.
law
n Portion of Congress that you must have to override a veto
2/3
Are most vetoes overridden?
NO
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