| A | B |
|---|
| private bill | a bill dealing with individual people or places |
| public bill | a bill dealing with general matters and applying to the entire nation |
| simply resolutions | a statement adopted to cover matters affecting only one house of Congress |
| rider | a provision included in a bill on a subject other than the one covered in the bill |
| hearing | a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill |
| veto | rejection of a bill |
| pocket veto | when a president kills a bill passed during the last 10 days Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it |
| tax | the money that people & businesses pay to support the activities of the gov't |
| closed rule | rule that forbids members of Congress to offer amendments to a bill from the floor |
| appropriation | approval a gov't spending |
| authorization bill | a bill that sets up a federal program & specifies how much money may be appropriated for the program |
| entitlement | a required gov't expenditure that continues from one year to the next |
| lobbying | direct contact made by a lobbyist in order to persuade gov't officials to support the policies their group favors |
| casework | the work that a lawmaker does to help constituents with problems |
| pork-barrel legislation | laws passed by Congress that appropriate money for local federal projects |
| logrolling | an agreement by two or more lawmakers to support each other's bill |
