US Legislature terms starting with S

18 terms

  1. scheduling Senate practice today generally concedes to the Majority Leader the prerogative of arranging the floor schedule of the Senate and making unanimous consent…
  2. scorekeeping Procedures for tracking and reporting on the status of congressional budgetary actions, including up-to-date tabulations and reports on congressional…
  3. secretaries, party The Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority are elected to serve as scheduling and information coordinators between the party floor…
  4. secretary of the Senate The chief legislative officer nominated by the majority party conference and elected by the Senate.
  5. select or special committee A committee established by the Senate for a limited time period to perform a particular study or investigation.
  6. Senate Manual A document that contains the Senate's standing rules and orders and other laws and regulations that apply to the Senate.
  7. senator The Constitution requires that a Senator be at least 30 years old, a citizen of the United States for at least nine years, and an inhabitant of the State…
  8. seniority The status given Senators according to their length of service, which entitles a Senator with greater seniority to preferential treatment in matters such…
  9. sergeant at arms The chief security officer of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and staff in the office help to preserve order in the Senate chamber, the Senate galleries…
  10. Session The period during which Congress assembles and carries on its regular business.
  11. simple resolution Designated "S. Res.," simple resolutions are used to express nonbinding positions of the Senate or to deal with the Senate's internal affairs, such as the…
  12. slip law A few days after a law has been enacted, it is officially published first as a "slip law.
  13. standing committee Permanent committees established under the standing rules of the Senate and specializing in the consideration of particular subject areas.
  14. statutes at large A chronological listing of the laws enacted each Congress. They are published in volumes numbered by Congress.
  15. statutory limit on the public debt The maximum amount, established in law, of public debt that can be outstanding.
  16. subcommittee Subunit of a committee established for the purpose of dividing the committee's workload.
  17. Supplemental Appropriation Budget authority provided in an appropriations act in addition to regular or continuing appropriations already provided.
  18. supplemental, minority, and additional views Senate Rule XXVI requires that, when a committee (other than the Appropriations Committee) reports a measure, committee members may have three days to…