Nelson- E Per. (Merritt)
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cmerritt92 on March 30, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bicameral legislature | means the Congress is made up of two houses |
| sessions | each Congressional term is divided into two of these |
| census | count of the population |
| reapportionment | this happens when the states population grows larger or becomes smaller and determines new number of representatives |
| redistricting | this happens after reapportionment has been completed and is when new district lines are drawn |
| Constituents | people in the districts they represent |
| Caucus | closed meeting where majority party chooses the House Speaker |
| Majority leader | Speaker's top assistant |
| whips | serve as assistant floor leaders in House |
| bills | all laws start as this |
| president pro tempore | resides over the senate when the vice president is absent |
| filibuster | to stall the legislative process and prevent a vote |
| cloture | procedure allowing each senator to speak only 1 hour on a bill under debate. |
| standing committees | continue from one Congress to the next |
| subcommittees | specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responibility |
| select committees | study one specific issue and report their findings to the Senate or the House |
| joint committees | made up of members from both the Senate and the House and can be temporary or permanent. |
| conference committees | temporary committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill |
| personal staff | members who work directly for individual senators and representatives. |
| committee staff | members work for the many House and Senate committees |
| administrative assistant | runs lawmaker's office, supervises lawmaker's schedule, and gives advice on political matters. |
| legislative assistant | makes certain that the lawmaker is well informed about the many bills with which he/she must deal, does research, drafts bills, studies bills currently in Congress, and writes speeches and articles for lawmaker |
| caseworkers | people who handle the many request for help from people in a lawmaker's state or congressional district |
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