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David Rouzer
-1 of 14 NC Representatives
-elected in 2014
-on House Agriculture Committee
Thom Tillis
-NC senator
-elected in 2014
-senate Judiciary Committee
Ted Budd
-NC Junior Senator
-Elected in 2022
-On senate Armed Forces Committee
Mike Johnson
-Speaker of the House
-2nd in line for Presidency
Patty Murray
-President Pro Tempore
-3rd in line for presidency
-temporary vice president in their absence
Congressional Committee
Group of legislators debating, altering, and approving bills
Standing Committees
Permanent committees in the HoR/Senate
HoR: 20 Committees
Senate: 16 Committees
Select Committees
Temporary committees in the HoR/Senate
HoR: 5 committees
Senate: 4 Committees
Conference Committees
Temporary committees made of the HoR and senate to discuss bills
House Ways and Means Committee
In the House, determines tax policies
Filibuster
Obstructive tactic used in Senate to block/delay a vote on a bill
Motion for Cloture
Called when minority party is filibustering, forces floor to vote on a bill
Advice and Consent
Approve presidential appointments
Majority Leader
Voted in by party caucus
HoR: organizes agenda
Senate: lead speaker of majority party
Minority Leader
Negotiate with majority party/its leaders, highest ranking members of their party
Caucuses
Legislators with beliefs that form a group surrounding that topic
Partisanship
Acting in ways that benefit your political party only
Bipartisanship
Working in a way that benefits both parties (compromise)
Riders
Provision tacked onto a bill that would likely not pass as its own law
Omnibus Bill
Large bills with multiple riders and hidden appropriations
Pork Barreling/Earmarks
Legislators working to send national funding to their district by adding earmarks to bills
Markup Session
House and Senate meet to form the final version of a bill
Logrolling
Quid-pro quo trading of votes by legislators
Congressional Override
Congress overrides the president’s veto on a bill
Apportionment
Equal balance of population among each congressional district
Gerrymandering
Illogical district lines down with the intention of keeping one party in power
Swing District
Competitive districts that change between democratic and republican
Reapportionment
The reallocation of the 435 seats in the HoR after the Census
Redistricting
Drawing lines to divide each state into districts , redrawn every 10 years
Incumbent
Person currently in office
Term Limits
Amount of times someone can run for office
Baker V. Carr
Lawsuit challenging the apportionment of population in Tennessee districts
Shaw V. Reno
Racial Gerrymandering in NC, attempted to include more diversity