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Legislative Glossary

A
Act
Adjourn
Adjournment sine die
Adjournment to a day and time certain
Advice and consent
Amendment
Amendment in the nature of a substitute
Appropriation
Authorization
Authorizations act
B
Balanced budget
Baseline
Bill
Budget authority
Budget resolution
C
Calendar of Business
Caucus
Chairman
"Christmas tree" bill
Clean bill
Cloture
Committee
Committee amendment
Committee jurisdiction
Committee membership
Committee on committees
Committee print
Committee substitute
Companion bill or measure
Concurrent resolution
Conditional adjournment
Conferees
Conference committee
Conference report
Conference, party
Confirmation
Congressional Record
Continuing resolution/continuing appropriations
Controlled time
D
Deficit (surplus)
Discretionary spending
E
Enacted
Engrossed bill
Enrolled bill
Entitlement
Ex officio
Executive Calendar
Executive communication
Executive session
F
Filibuster
Fiscal year
Floor
Floor amendment
Floor leaders
Floor manager
G
Germane
H
Hearing
Hold
J
Joint committee
Joint meeting
Joint resolution
Joint session
Journal
L
Lame duck' session
Layover
Leave to sit
Legislative session
Line item veto
M
Majority leader
Majority whip
Mandatory spending
Markup
Measure
Minority leader
Minority whip
Motion to proceed to consider
Must pass' bill
N
Nomination
Nongermane amendment
O
Obligation
Off-budget entities
Original bill
Outlays
Override of a veto
Oversight
P
Parliamentarian
Parliamentary inquiry
Permanent appropriation
Pocket veto
Point of order
President pro tempore
Presidential signature
Presiding officer
Private law
Pro forma session
Proxy voting
Public debt
Public law
Q
Question
Quorum
Quorum call
R
Ranking minority member
Receipts
Recess
Reconciliation bill
Reconciliation instruction
Reconciliation process
Relevant
Report
Rescission
Riddick's Senate Procedure
Rider
Roll call vote
S
Select or special committee
Senate Manual
Session
Simple resolution
Slip law
Statutes at large
Supplemental appropriation
T
Table, motion to
U
User fees
V
Veto
Voice vote
W
Whips
Y
Yield
Yield the floor
 

Questions & Answers: {Legislative Glossary}

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