AP US Government chapter 11 & 13 key terms

incumbents, p. 364

majority leader, p. 373

legislative oversight, p. 375



casework, p. 366

whips, p. 373

committee chairs, p. 378



pork barrel, p. 367

minority leader, p. 373

seniority system, p. 378



bicameral legislature, p. 370

standing committees, p. 374

caucus, p. 379



House Rules Committee, p. 371

joint committees, p. 374

bill, p. 381



filibuster, p. 371

conference committees, p. 374

budget, p. 445

Social Security Act, p. 457

Congressional Budget Office, p. 462

Speaker of the House, p. 372

select committees

deficit, p. 445

Medicare, p. 457

budget resolution, p. 464



expenditures, p. 445

incrementalism, p. 459

reconciliation, p. 464



revenues, p. 445

uncontrollable expenditures, p. 460

authorization bill, p. 465



income tax, p. 446

entitlements, p. 460

appropriations bill, p. 466



Sixteenth Amendment, p. 446

House Ways and Means

continuing resolutions, p. 466



national debt, p. 449

Committee, p. 462




tax expenditures, p. 451

Senate Finance Committee, p. 462