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Blue slip (U.S. Senate) is the slip on which the senators from the state of residence of a federal judicial nominee gives an opinion on the nominee. Blue slip (U.S. House of Representatives) is the rejection slip given to tax and spending bills sent to it by the Senate that did not originate in the House in the first place, per the House's ...
When, in the opinion of the House of Representatives, a Senate-introduced bill that raises revenue or appropriates money is passed by the Senate and sent to the House for its consideration, the House places a blue slip on the legislation that notes the House's constitutional prerogative and returns it to the Senate without taking further action.
In the Senate, the bill is placed on the desk of the presiding officer. [6] The bill must bear the signature of the member introducing it to verify that the member actually intended to introduce the bill. The member is then called the sponsor of that bill. That member may add the names of other members onto the bill who also support it.
Every year, Congress must pass bills that appropriate money for all discretionary government spending. Generally, one bill is passed for each sub-committee of the twelve subcommittees in the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations and the matching 12 subcommittees in the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.
The enforcement provisions contained in these amendments extend the powers of Congress originally enumerated in Article One, Section 8 of the Constitution, and have the effect of increasing the power of Congress and diminishing that of the individual states. They led to the "Enforcement Acts" of 1870 and 1871. Congress had only that power ...
An Act declaring the consent of Congress to a certain act of the state of Maryland. Sess. 3, ch. 5 1 Stat. 190 (chapter 5) 6: Feb. 11, 1791: Appropriations for the Support of Government, &c. An Act making appropriations for the support of Government during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes. Sess. 3, ch. 6
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The Government Accountability Office is an important information-gathering agency for Congress. Each bill goes through several stages in each house. The first stage involves consideration by a committee which often seeks input from relevant departments as well as requests feedback from the Government Accountability Office. [8]