{Legislative Glossary}
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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
Committe
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
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