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| Power of the Purse | Power of the House of Representaties whereby all revenue producing bills must be introduced in the House of Representatives. |
| Appropriations | Describing the acquiring of revenue for the govt. |
| Majority Leader | Leader of the political party with the most members within the legislature. |
| Minority Leader | Leader of the political party who does not have the majority seats within legislature. |
| Party Whip | Member of each political party who is responsible for preliminary voting intentionsand trying to influence party members to vote as a group on important issues. |
| Speaker of the House | Leader of the House of Representaives and usually the majority leader of the House who has great power in setting the agenda for the House of Representaives. |
| President Pro-Tempore | Mostly symbolic position given to thelongest serving Senator from the majority party. |
| Standing Committees | Permanent committees of Congress who study, revise, and pass legislation. |
| Seniority | How long a member has been in Congress and is important in assigning committee memberships. |
| Bill | Proposed Law |
| Pigeonhole | Action taken by a legisative committee that places a bill to the side without a vote of approval or denial. |
| Public Hearings | Meetings held by legislative committees in order to allow public comments and information to be given to legislative committees. |
| Filibuster | Right of a Senator to hold the Senate floor for am unlimited amount of time-usually threaten as a form of killing or revising a bill the Senator opposes. |
| Cloture | Special vote taken by the Senate that would require a Senator to give up the floor during a filibuster--requires a 2/3 vote-- very difficult to achieve. |
| Roll Call Vote | Type of Congressional vote where the name of each legislator is called out and a vote recorded-mostly done electronically today. |
