Government The House of Representatives Section 5-2

Closed Meeting

Caucus

Many procedures in Congress are organized around

Party affiliation

The main task of each house of Congress is to

make laws

The flow of legislative work in Congress is controlled by the

Minority

Assist the floor leader

Whips

This is required for a legislative body to take official action

a quorum

Speaker's top assistant

Majority leader

Represented by member of the House

Constituents

Presiding officer of the House

Speaker

Before both houses of Congress pass it and the president signs it, a proposed law is a

bill