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Chapter 5 Vocabulary Section 1

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Section 1

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Section 1

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Section 1

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Apportioned = To be distributed, as in the seats in the House of Representatives.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Gerrymandering = The process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Term limits = Laws that limit the number of terms elected officials can serve.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Franking privilege = The right of members of Congress to mail official letters free of charge.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Immunity = Legal protection.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Expulsion = The removal of a person from an institution, such as Congress, for serious misconduct.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Censure = The formal disapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by the other members.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Section 2

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Sessions = Meetings of Congress.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Caucuses = Meetings of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party’s candidates for public office.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Majority party = The political party that has the most members in Congress or in a state legislature.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Minority party = The political party that has fewer members in Congress or in a state legislature.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Floor leader = A political party leader in Congress who works for passage of bills the party favors.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Party whip = The assistant to the floor leader in each house of Congress who tries to persuade party members to vote for the bills the party supports.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary President pro tempore = The official who presides over the Senate in the vice president’s absence.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Bills = Proposed laws being considered by a lawmaking body.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Committees = Small groups in Congress formed to consider bills.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Standing committees = Permanent House or Senate committees that consider bills in a certain area.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Subcommittees = Divisions of standing congressional committees that deal with specific issues in the area handled by their primary committees.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Select committees = Temporary House or Senate committees appointed to deal with issues not handled by standing committees.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Joint committees = Committees made up of members of both houses of Congress to deal with matters of mutual concern.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Conference committees = Temporary congressional committees made up of senators and representatives who try to reach an agreement on different versions of a bill.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Seniority system = The custom of giving leadership of committees to members of Congress with the most years of service.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Speaker = The presiding officer of the House of Representatives.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Section 3

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Elastic clause = Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution: known also as the “necessary and proper” clause that allows Congress to extend its delegated powers.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Implied powers = Powers not specifically granted to Congress by the Constitution that are suggested to be necessary to carry out the powers delegated to Congress under the Constitution.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Treason = An act that betrays and endangers one’s country.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Impeachment = A formal charge brought against a government official.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Ex post facto law = A law that applies to an action that took place before the law was passed.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Bill of attainder = A law sentencing a person to jail without a trial.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Writ of habeas corpus = A court order requiring that an accused person be brought to court to determine if there is enough evidence to hold the person for trial.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Constituents = People represented by members of a lawmaking body. =

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Section 4

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Appropriation bill = A bill approving the spending of extra public money.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Act = A law

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quorum = The minimum number of members who must be present before a legislative body can conduct business.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Roll-call-vote = A vote in Congress in which a record is made of how each member votes.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Filibuster = A method of delaying action on a bill in the Senate by making long speeches.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Cloture = A limit on the debate of a bill in the Senate.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary Pocket veto = A means by which the President can reject a bill, when Congress is not in session, by not signing it.