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Date Shifting
Deferral At present, the president may defer funds only for limited reasons set forth in the Antideficiency Act: to provide for contingencies, or to achieve savings made possible through changes in requirements or efficiency of operations. The president may not defer funds for policy rescissions. (See also Rescission.) back to top of D, E, F glossary
Deficit (Surplus)
Degrees of Amendment
Dilatory Motion or Tactic back to top of D, E, F glossary
Direct Spending
Directed Scoring
Disagree
Discharge a Committee In the House, if a committee does not report a bill within 30 days after the measure is referred to it, any member may file a discharge motion. Once offered, the motion is treated as a petition needing the signatures of 218 members (a majority of the House.) After the required signatures have been obtained, there is a delay of seven days. Thereafter, on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, except during the last six days of a session, any member may enter a motion to discharge the committee. The motion is handled like any other discharge petition in the House. Occasionally, to expedite non-controversial legislative business, a committee is discharged by unanimous consent of the House, and a petition is not required. (Senate Procedure, see Discharge Resolution.) back to top of D, E, F glossary
Discharge Calendar
Discharge Petition back to top of D, E, F glossary
Discharge Resolution
Discretionary Appropriations back to top of D, E, F glossary
Discretionary Spending Discretionary Spending Limits back to top of D, E, F glossary
Division of a Question for Voting
Division Vote back to top of D, E, F glossary
Earmark
Electronic Vote
"Emergency" Spending
En Bloc Amendment
Enacted Enacting Clause back to top of D, E, F glossary
Engrossed Bill/Engrossed Measure
Enrolled Bill back to top of D, E, F glossary
Entitlement Entitlement Authority back to top of D, E, F glossary
Entitlement Program
Executive Business back to top of D, E, F glossary Executive Calendar
Executive Communication back to top of D, E, F glossary
Executive Document
Executive Session (2) A Senate meeting devoted to the consideration of treaties and nominations. back to top of D, E, F glossary
Ex Officio Expenditures back to top of D, E, F glossary
Fast-Track Procedures
Federal Debt
Federal Funds
Filibuster back to top of D, E, F glossary
Fiscal Year
Five-Minute Rule back to top of D, E, F glossary
Floor Amendment back to top of D, E, F glossary
Floor Leaders
Floor Manager back to top of D, E, F glossary
Frank
Function (Functional Classification) back to top of D, E, F glossary
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