But we use them in a different way in Congress. So I'm going to translate a few of them. First one you hear me mention a lot as an appropriator is markup. A markup is a meeting where a committee debates a bill, offers changes and votes on whether to move it forward. This is where a lot of the most important negotiations and policy crafting happens. And we're in the middle of markup season right now in a probe. (00:23–00:30)
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Asserts that a markup is a meeting for debating, amending, and voting on bills in committee.
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