House and Senate Vocab Bills and Laws Money 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500
Leader of the House of Representatives 100
Speaker of the House 100
Leader (president) of the Senate 200
Vice President 200
Helps the majority and minority leaders 300
Whips 300
Three requirements to be a House member 400
25 years old, US citizen for 7 yrs, legal resident of the state 400
Three requirements for a Senator 500
30 years old, US citizen for 9 yrs, legal resident of the state 500
Setting up new congressional districts after a census is called 100
redistricting 100
A filibuster can be stopped by this vote 200
A cloture 200
irregular restricting to gain power 300
Gerrymandering 300
Appropriation money for local projects through bills 400
Pork-barrel legislation 400
Social Security is an example of this 500
An entitlement 500
This type of bill has to do with issues effecting entire nation 100
Public bills 100
This type of bill has to deal with individuals 200
Private bills 200
Laws used for raising money for federal government 300 300
Revenue bills 300
Laws that authorize spending money 400
appropriations bills 400 400
They work out a final version of a bill before going to the President 500 500
Committees 500 500
Special interest groups that raise money to help elect lawmakers 100
PAC’s (political action committees) 100
These are good for districts because they bring in money and jobs 200
Federal Grants and contracts 200
Largest part of the budget is spent on this 300
Entitlements 300
Name recognition helps get these politician reelected 400
Incumbents 400
This House allows for more freedom during debates 500
Senate 500