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President Pro Temp

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the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president

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fillibuster

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a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote

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administrative staff

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member of a lawmaker's personal staff who runs the lawmaker's office, supervises the schedule, and gives advice

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committee staff

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the people who work for House and Senate committees

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Subcommittee

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a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responsibility

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standing committee

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a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues

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Legislative staff

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a member of a lawmaker's personal staff who makes certain that the lawmaker is well informed about proposed legislation

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caseworker

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a member of a lawmaker's personal staff who handles requests for help from constituents

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select committee

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a temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the House or Senate

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seniority system

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a system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committee

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personal staff

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the people who work directly for individual senators and representatives

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unanimous consent

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a motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and consider a bill from the calendar

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cloture resolution

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a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate

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conference committee

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a temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill

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hold

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motions placed on a bill in the Senate that alert party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object

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joint committee

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a committee that consists of members from both the House and Senate, formed to act as a study group that reports back to the House and Senate on a topic or bill

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