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- T/F on both the senate and the house floors, members are limited in the amount of time they can debate a bill
- T/F because bills related to natural resources are continually being introduced, the natural resources committee is a select committee in the House
- T/F a member who is conducting a filibuster must remain on the senate floor and debate the bill to prevent it from being voted on
- T/F members of the natural resources committee who work in states that extract coal are likely to request an assignment to the energy and mineral resources subcommittee
- T/F if 50 senators vote for a cloture resolution, they can end a filibuster in most cases
- T/F Each committee has a chairperson, who is part of the majority party and makes key decisions about which bills to consider.
- T/F A temporary study group set up out of the Natural Resources Committee to study the availability of natural gas would be a conference committee.
- T/F when an energy bill passes both the Senate and House, it is reviewed by a joint committee before being sent to the president.
- number of members needed to take an official legislative action
- assists the speaker in planning the legislative program of the party
- T/F a single senator can prevent a bill from being brought to the senate floor
- T/F the president pro tempore and the minority leader in the senate are never the same person
- persuades members of their party to vote a certain way on bills
- Which of these Senate procedures requieres cooperation between the parties ?
- A Florida house member representing cape canaveral & other areas where NASA is active is most likely to request membership on which of these standing committees?
- Partisan ______ is the difference between the parties.
- If a member wishes to have power over a bill after it has been passed, the member should request a position on which type of committee?
- The Constitutional Convention decided on what form of legislature?
- An election results in a senate with 55 democrats & 45 republicans, on a committee of 24 senators, how many would be republicans ?
- Counterterrorism & intelligence is most likely a subcommittee of which of these standing committees in the House ?