1. Constitution Definitions

2. District
One of the territorial areas into which an entire state or country, county, municipality, or other political subdivision is divided, for judicial, political, electoral, or administrative purposes

3. Apportionment
The proportional distribution of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives on the basis of the population of each state

4. Gerrymandering
Drawing of electoral district lines in a way that gives advantage to a particular political party

5. Single Member District
District that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members

6. At-Large Election
At-Large is a designation for representative members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body (for example, a city, state or province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset of that membership

7. Cloture A procedure used in the Senate to block debate on a bill
3/5ths Member vote for Cloture

8. Filibuster
A tactic for defeating a bill in the Senate by talking until the bill’s sponsor withdraws it

9. Expressed/Enumerated Powers
Powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in the Constitution.

10. Concurrent Powers
Powers that are shared by the state and the federal government

11. Reserved Powers
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people

12. Implied Powers
The necessary and proper clause permits Congress to exercise implied powers; that is, to identify and use powers that are logical extensions or implications of the other powers delegated in the Constitution

13. Inherent Powers
Powers are those that the Constitution has not expressly given but which "necessarily derive from an office, position, or status" of the national government