1. 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

2. Leader of the House of Representatives
100

3. Speaker of the House
100

4. Leader (president) of the Senate
200

5. Vice President
200

6. Helps the majority and minority leaders
300

7. Whips
300

8. Three requirements to be a House member
400

9. 25 years old, US citizen for 7 yrs, legal resident of the state
400

10. Three requirements for a Senator
500

11. 30 years old, US citizen for 9 yrs, legal resident of the state
500

12. Setting up new congressional districts after a census is called
100

13. redistricting
100

14. A filibuster can be stopped by this vote
200

15. A cloture
200

16. irregular restricting to gain power
300

17. Gerrymandering
300

18. Appropriation money for local projects through bills
400

19. Pork-barrel legislation
400

20. Social Security is an example of this
500

21. An entitlement
500

22. This type of bill has to do with issues effecting entire nation
100

23. Public bills
100

24. This type of bill has to deal with individuals
200

25. Private bills
200

26. Laws used for raising money for federal government
300
300

27. Revenue bills
300

28. Laws that authorize spending money
400

29. appropriations bills
400
400

30. They work out a final version of a bill before going to the President
500
500

31. Committees
500
500

32. Special interest groups that raise money to help elect lawmakers
100

33. PAC’s (political action committees)
100

34. These are good for districts because they bring in money and jobs
200

35. Federal Grants and contracts
200

36. Largest part of the budget is spent on this
300

37. Entitlements
300

38. Name recognition helps get these politician reelected
400

39. Incumbents
400

40. This House allows for more freedom during debates
500

41. Senate
500