Civics Ch 5 GR Les 2

ESSAY: How does the structure and organization of the House of Reps affect the progress of a bill through the house?

-The membership of the house is based on population -The House has complex rules that can affect it -The Speaker of the House assigns bills to committee and the speaker can appoint committee members; these committees make the schedules -House has limited debate because they have more members so they can only argue on a bill for a certain amount of time

A quorum of ______ is required for official legislative action, but 100 members can sit as a ____________ ___ _____ _________ and debate or change legislation before returning a bill to the House for a vote

218; Committee of the Whole

MAIN IDEA A: ______ houses of Congress have well-defined rules so that legislators are free to express their opinions while maintaining fairness and protecting the minority

Both

MAIN IDEA B: ________ ___ ______ ________ coordinate the work of the legislative body and move forward their party's agenda

Leaders of the House

The _________ ____ _____ __________, chosen by the majority party in caucus and approved by the entire House membership, is the presiding officer and its most powerful leader

Speaker of the House

After a bill is introduced, the ______ _____ ______ _______ assigns it to the appropriate __________ where it is studied, discussed, reviewed, and may eventually be put on the House calendar for consideration

Speaker of the House; committee

The _____________ of Congress preform the most legislative activity, and members serve on those that are important to their __________

committees; constituents

MAIN IDEA C: Although all _____ start as bills, not all bills survive the process required to become laws

laws

The Speakers top assistant is the ___________ __________ whose job is to help plan the partys legislative program, steer important bills through the House, and make sure committee chairpersons finish work on bills that are important to the party

majority leader

In both the House and Senate, the ____________ party has the power to select its respective leaders, control the flow of legislative work, and appoint the chairs of all the _____________

majority; committees

The duties of the minority leaders _________ the duties of the majority party leaders, but the minority leaders cannot __________ work in the House

parallel; schedule

Because the calendars are so full, the powerful ________ ___________ (very important committee) determines the order in which bills reach the House floor, how long they may be debated and revised, and settles disputes among __________

rules committee; committees

The complex _________ in the House are intended to move legislation quickly once is reaches the floor; consequently, House debates rarely last more than one __________

rules; day

The majority _______ and deputy ______ assist the majority leader in persuading the partys members to support legislation important to the party

whip; whip