Congress - Chapter 10

The formal charge by the House of Representatives that a government official has committed "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors"

• conviction

• impeachment

• cloture

• fillibuster

a vote in which each legislator's yes or no vote is recorded as the clerk calls the names of the members alphabetically

• party unity vote

• majority vote

• cloture

• roll-call vote

a roll-call vote in the House or Senate in which at least 50 percent of the members of one party take a particular position and are opposed by at least 50 percent of the members of the other party.

• party unity vote

• roll-call vote

• majority vote

• cloture

The effort by Congress through hearings, investigations, and other techniques, to exercise control over the activities of executive agencies.

• committee referral

• appropriations

• oversight

• fillibuster

the amounts of money approved by Congress in statutes (bills) that each unit or agency of government can spend.

• reconciliation

• appropriations

• cloture

• fillibuster

the residents in the areas from which an official is elected

• region

• district

• homies

• constituency

having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses

• unicameral

• tricameral

• bicameral

• bichamber

a representative who votes based on what he or she thinks is best for his or her constituency

• trustee

• delegate

• representative

• senator

a representative who votes according to the preferences of his or her constituency

• trustee

• delegate

• representative

• senator

a type of representation in which representatives have the same racial, gender, ethnic, religious, or educational backgrounds as their constituents; it is based on the principle that if two individuals are similar interests, and perspectives, then one can correctly represent the other's views.

• substantive representation

• general representation

• specific representation

• descriptive representation