Unit 5 Vocab Quiz

A formal expression of congressional opinion that must be approved by both houses of congress and by the president; constitutional amendments need not be signed by the president

• rules committee

• joint resolution

• discharge petition

• constitutional convention

the leader of the majority party who serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives

• President of the Senate

• Speaker of the House

• House of Representatives

• President Pro Tempore

A change to the Constitution

• Amendment

• Impeachment

• Bicameral

• Bill

a tactic for defeating a bill in the Senate by talking until the bill's sponsor withdraws it

• Gerrymandering

• Cloture

• Bill

• Fillibuster

President Pro Tempore

• Pro tem patty murray

• Charges against a president approved by a majority of the House of Representatives

• Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president

• A person who is chosen or elected to represent a person or group

Bicameral

• The result of a referendum

• A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses

• The scientific name for peanut butter

• Composed of 100 members, 2 senators are elected from each state for 6-year terms

the presiding officer of a senate; in Congress, the vice president of the United States

• House of Representatives

• President Pro Tempore

• President of the Senate

• Speaker of the House

House of Representatives

• composed of 100 members, 2 senators are elected from each state for 6-year terms

• a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty

• the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population

• the leader of the majority party who serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives

Composed of 100 members, 2 senators are elected from each state for 6-year terms

• President Of The Senate

• Bicameral

• United States Senate

• House Of Representatives

Congressional Committees

• a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty

• appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate

• a proposed law

• special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the house and senate