unit 2 us goverment

Reapportionment:

• elected official who is already in office

• a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent

• the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census

• he Speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party’s legislative program and to steer important bills through the House

Redistrict

• to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete

• elected official who is already in office

• the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census

Incumbent:

• set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete

• a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

• elected official who is already in office

Constituent

• to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete

• a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent

• a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

Caucus

• a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

• an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature

• : powers the government requires to carry out its expressed constitutional powers

Majority Leader:

• Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution, which gives Congress the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out its duties

• the Speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party’s legislative program and to steer important bills through the House

• a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues

Whip

• an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature

• : powers directly stated in the Constitution

• the Senate member; elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president

Quorum

• a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

• a temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the House or Senate

• the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action

President Pro Temopre:

• a committee that consists of members from both the House and Senate, formed to act as a study group that reports back the House or Senate on a topic or bill

• the Senate member; elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president

• a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour ona bill under debate

Filibuster

• a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote

• a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues

• a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour ona bill under debate