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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Gerrymandering | To draw district lines that favor a particular party |
| Bill | Proposed Laws |
| Apportioned | Distributed |
| President pro tempore | President for the time being |
| Standing Committee | Permanent Committees |
| Session | Meeting |
| Expulsion | The removal of a member of Congress for serious misconduct |
| Term Limits | Laws that limit the number of terms elected officials can have |
| Subcommittee | A division of a standing congressional committee that deals with specific issues in the area handled by the committee as a whole |
| Party Whip | Tries to persuade members to vote for party-sponsored legislation |
| Slander | Spoken false statements that damage another's reputation |
| Franking Privelage | The right to mail official letters free of charge |
| Immunity | Legal protection |
| Censure | Formal Dissaproval of a member's actions |
| Floor Leader | A political party leader in Congress who works to pass the bills the party favors |
| Caucus | A meeting of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party's candidates for public office |
| Minority Party | The political party with fewer members in each house |
| Committee | A small group in congress formed to consider bills |
| Majority Party | The political party that has more members in each house. |
| Speaker | The presiding officer of the HoR. Also the most powerful officer in the hosue |
| Conference Committee | A House-Senate committee that is formed to work out a compromise when the House and Senate pass different versions if the same bill |
| Pocket Veto | A way in which the president rejects a bill, when Congress is not in session, by not signing it. |
| Act | A law |
| Seniority System | The custom of giving leadership of committees to members of Congress with the most years of service |
| Elastic Clause | Necessary and Proper clause that allows congress to stretch the delegated powers |
| Roll-Call Vote | Each member's name is called and their vote is recorded |
| Appropriation Bill | A bill approving the spending of money |
| Filibuster | A method of delaying action on a bill in the Senate by making long speeches |
| Joint Committee | A committee made up of members of both houses of Congress to deal with matters of mutual concern |
| Cloture | Limit on debate in the Senate |
| Quorum | Majority of the members |
| Implied Powers | The powers that Congress claims under the elastic clause. A power not specifically granted to Congress by the Constitution but which is suggested to be necessary to carry out its powers |
| Impeachment | The procedure of drawing up and passing the list of charges in the House. Formal charge brought against a government official |
| Constituent | A person being represented by members of Congress. This person lives in the member of Congresses home district or state |
| Select Committee | A temporary House or Senate committee appointed to deal with an issue not handled by a standing committee |
| Bill of Attainder | A law that snetences a person to jail without a trial |
| Ex Post Facto Laws | A law that applies to an action that took place BEFORE the law was passed |
| Treason | An act that betrays or endangers one's country |
| Writ of Habeas Corpus | A court order requiring that the accused person be brought to court to determine if there is enough evidence to hold the person for trial |
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