$Revision: 1757 $ TopQuadrant, Inc. A Level 1 ontology of the US Government. $Id: us1gov.n3 1757 2010-02-12 21:15:00Z RalphHodgson $ Ralph Hodgson U.S. Government Ontology $Date: 2010-02-12 13:15:00 -0800 (Fri, 12 Feb 2010) $ http://www.topquadrant.com Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License Roll call votes are recorded votes, in this case, from the Senate. Votes are listed in reverse chronological order by roll call vote number. Votes are divided into three groups: Senate Roll Call Votes Taken Today; Senate Roll Call Votes Taken This Week and Senate Roll Call Vote Tables, Current and Prior Congresses. For Senate Roll Call Votes Taken Today, the results of roll call votes are generally posted approximately one hour after they are announced by the presiding officer of the Senate. The vote summary page lists roll call vote number, vote date, bill number (when applicable), vote result and title/description of vote. Vote detail pages show individual member votes ordered alphabetically by member, ordered by vote category (yeas, nays, not voting and "presents") and votes summaries (total for each of these vote categories). In addition to votes on legislative business -- bills/amendments, procedural matters (motions, etc.) -- Senate votes on nominations and treaties are shown (executive business). Senate vote record Committee Reports include the full text of House and Senate committee reports (including conference reports and joint committee reports) printed by the Government Printing Office (GPO). Most committee reports are printed by GPO. Reports can be searched by word/phrase, report number, bill number and committee. Searches can be limited by type of report (House, Senate, Conference, Joint). Reports can be browsed sequentially by House/Senate committee report number, conference report and joint committee report. Committee report An appropriation bill or running bill is a legislative motion (bill) which authorizes the government to spend money. It is a bill that sets money aside for specific spending. In most democracies, approval of the legislature is necessary for the government to spend money. Appropriation bill The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. Established in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, the Cabinet's role is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of each member's respective office. The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General. 17 Cabinet Executive department The Congressional Record is a record that captures, by date or date range, member debates/speeches, his or her remarks that were inserted in the Record in the Extensions of Remarks section or return articles with mention of his/her name in other contexts. For example, Congressional Record notice of additional sponsors added to a bill. Congressional record Senate Bill of rights 1 1 1 US Federal Government Roll call votes are recorded votes, in this case, from the House of Representatives. Votes are listed in reverse chronological order by roll call vote number. The vote summary page lists roll call vote number, vote date, the "issue" (bill/amendment number being voted on, quorum call or Journal approval), the "question" (description of the vote), the result (Passed, Failed, or Agreed to) and the title/description of the legislation. Detailed vote pages show individual member votes and vote totals by party. House vote record 1 1 Congress Member of cabinet role Revenue bill Member of Senate role 1 Constitution Member of House role The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "The House," is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Each state receives representation in the House in proportion to its population but is entitled to at least one Representative. The most populous state, California, currently has 53 representatives. The total number of voting representatives is currently fixed at 435. Each representative serves for a two-year term. The presiding officer of the House is the speaker, and is elected by the members of the house. [Wikipedia] 435 Independent agencies of the United States federal government are those agencies that exist outside of the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary). However, most independent agencies are part of the executive branch, with only a few being part of the legislative or judicial branches. Established through separate statutes passed by the Congress, each respective statutory grant of authority defines the goals the agency must work towards, as well as what substantive areas, if any, over which it may have the power of rulemaking. These agency rules (or regulations), while in force, have the power of federal law. [Wikipedia] Independent agency Federal Budget is non-appropriated. When the Legislator appropriates money a law is passed that causes money to go to an agency. Many federal agencies are funded with non-appropriatwed funds[RickMurphy]. A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature or parliament. Article U.S. Government http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/ DHS-Cabinet member The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. Established in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, the Cabinet's role is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of each member's respective office. The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General. CABINET