| Term | Definition |
|---|
| bicameral legislation | two part congress |
| sessions | meetings |
| census | population count |
| reapportionment | process to determine the amount of representatives a state gets, a new apportionment (especially a reallotment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) |
| redistricting | The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accomodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in populatio |
| gerrymandering | the drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent |
| at-large | statewide |
| censure | vote of formal disaproval |
| incumbents | members already in office |
| constituents | People that are represented in the boundary for each district. |
| caucus | a closed political meeting |
| majority leader | leader of the majority party in a legislature |
| whips | After the two leaders the_____ is the 3rd most powerful in congress and gathers important party members for votes |
| bills | proposed laws |
| calendars | - a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress. |
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