Legislative Glossary Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights. A Act Adjourn Adjournment sine die Adjournment to a day and time certain Advice and consent Amendment Amendment in the nature of a substitute Appropriation Authorization Authorizations act B Balanced budget Baseline Bill Budget authority Budget resolution C Calendar of Business Caucus Chairman Christmas tree bill Clean bill Cloture Committee Committee amendment Committee jurisdiction Committee membership Committee on committees Committe D Deficit (surplus) Discretionary spending E Enacted Engrossed bill Enrolled bill Entitlement Ex officio Executive Calendar Executive communication Executive session F Filibuster Fiscal year Floor Floor amendment Floor leaders Floor manager G Germane H Hearing Hold J Joint committee Joint meeting Joint resolution Joint session Journal L Lame duck’ session Layover Leave to sit Legislative session Line item veto M Majority leader Majority whip Mandatory spending Markup Measure Minority leader Minority whip Motion to proceed to consider Must pass’ bill N Nomination Nongermane amendment O Obligation Off-budget entities Original bill Outlays Override of a veto Oversight P Parliamentarian Parliamentary inquiry Permanent appropriation Pocket veto Point of order President pro tempore Presidential signature Presiding officer Private law Pro forma session Proxy voting Q Question Quorum Quorum call R Ranking minority member Receipts Recess Reconciliation bill Reconciliation instruction Reconciliation process Relevant Report Rescission Riddick’s Senate Procedure Rider Roll call vote < S Select or special committee Senate Manual Session Simple resolution Slip law Statutes at large Supplemental appropriation T Table, motion to U User fees V Veto Voice vote W Whips Y Yield Yield the floor