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When a bill reachs the floor of the House or Senate, members argue their ____ or cons.
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Amount of time that a public bill may take to debate.
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Resolutions that both houses of Congress have passed and the president has signed.
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Method of voting where members say 'Yea' or 'No'.
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Committee that controls the House schedule and the terms of debate.
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Public bills include matters like ______ ______, taxation, or terrorism.
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12
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Every bill is given a ______ and a number when it is submitted .
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13
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Means to talk a bill to death.
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Means the president refuses to sign the bill.
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Bill is killed when a standing committee ignors it.
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Senate procedure under which no one may speak for more than an hour.
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Formal statements expressing lawmakers' opinions or decisions.
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20
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Bills are put on calendars or _________ in chronological order as they come out of committees.
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23
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Constitution requires that the Senate and House pass a bill in ________ form before it becomes law.
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26
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Bills that concerns individual people or places.
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27
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Congress has more members of this gender serving in public office.
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