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Chapter 6 terms
| Questiont | Answer |
|---|---|
| bicameral | Legislature consisting of two-parts, or houses |
| cencus | population count taken by the Census Bureau |
| Constituents | People represented |
| Gerrymander | An oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group |
| Majority Party | In both the House and the Senate, the political party to which more than half the members belong |
| Minority party | In both the House and the Senate, the political party to which fewer than half the members belong |
| Standing committees | Permanent committees |
| Seniority | Years of service |
| Expressed powers | powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution |
| Implied powers | powers that are not stated explicitly in the constitution |
| Elastic clause | Allows congress to stretch its powers to meet new needs |
| Impeach | Accuse officials of misconduct in office |
| Writ of habeas corpus | A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person |
| Bills of attainder | laws that punish a person without a jury trial |
| Ex post facto laws | A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed |
| Franking privilege | The right of senators and representatives can send job-related mail without paying postage |
| Lobbyists | people hired by private groups to influence government decision makers |
| Casework | the work that a lawmaker does to help constituents with a problem |
| Pork-barrel projects | Government projects and grants that primarily benefit the home district or state |
| Joint resolutions | Resolution that it passed by both houses of congress |
| special-interest groups | organizations made up of people with common interests |
| Filibuster | talk a bill to death |
| Cloture | procedure used in the senate to limit debate on a bill |
| voice veto | which those in favor say "Yea" and those against say "No". |
| standing vote | those in favor of a bill stand to be counted, and then those against it stand to be counted |
| roll-call vote | senators respond "Aye" or "No" as their names |
| veto | refuse to sign, the bill |
| pocket bill | presidents power to kill a bill, if congress is not in session, by not signing it for 10 days |
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