Unit #4-Legislative Branch Vocab

The process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census.

• Reapportionment

• Gerrymandering

• Filibuster

• Perjury

To draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections.

• Gerrymandering

• Reapportionment

• Perjury

• Filibuster

A person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent. A voter from their district.

• Constituent

• Lobbyist

• Interest Group

• Quorum

Presiding officer and most powerful member of the House of Representatives. The Speaker is chosen by the Representatives themselves, so they are always a member of the Majority Party.

• Speaker of the House

• Majority/Minority Leader

• Whip

• President Pro Tempore

Leader of the Majority/Minority Party in both chambers of Congress. The Senate Majority Leader is typically seen as the most powerful Senator, while the House Majority Leader usually only assists the Speaker.

• Majority/Minority Leader

• Speaker of the House

• Whip

• President Pro Tempore

Assistants to the Majority/Minority Party leaders in the House and Senate who primarily work to maintain party unity on important votes.

• Whip

• President Pro Tempore

• Speaker of the House

• Majority/Minority Leader

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

• Quorum

• Filibuster

• Perjury

• Logrolling

The Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president.

• President Pro Tempore

• Speaker of the House

• Whip

• Majority/Minority Leader

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

• Filibuster

• Gerrymandering

• Reapportionment

• Logrolling

A procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate.

• Cloture Resolution

• Gerrymandering

• Filibuster

• Logrolling