Exploring Democracy

general agreement.

• Concensus

• Constituent

• Unilateral

• Amendment

people within a district or state-government official represents them.

• Enumerate

• Lobby

• Constituent

• Bicameral

establish the number of.

• Bipartisan

• Term

• Checks and Balances

• Enumerate

A lengthy speech designed to delay or kill the vote on a bill; used only in the Senate

• Consensus

• Filibuster

• Bipartisan

• Amendment

a fixed or limited period for which something, e.g., office, imprisonment, or investment, lasts or is intended to last

• Lobby

• Refute

• Term

• Unilateral

(of an action or decision) performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of another or the others.

• Unilateral

• Constituent

• Bicameral

• Reconsideration

A change in, or addition to, a constitution or a law

• Amendment

• Bicameral

• Refute

• Enumerate

A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses

• Reconsideration

• Bicameral

• Lobby

• Constituent

A cooperative effort by two political parties

• Bicameral

• Unilateral

• Bipartisan

• Term

The system of dividing power among the three branches of government to prevent any one from having too much power

• Amendment

• Consensus

• Filibuster

• Checks and Balances