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gov't study guide
chaps 5-7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bi-cameral | two-house legislative body |
| redistricting | the process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment has been completed called redistricting |
| gerrymandering | to draw a districts boundaries to gain an advantage in elections |
| cracking | spliting supporters of opponets |
| packing | placing all supporters of opponets |
| incumbent | elected official that is already in office |
| constitutions | a plan that provides the rule for government |
| whip | an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature |
| quorum | the minimum number of members who must be present to premit a legislative body to take official action |
| caucus | a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office |
| filibuster | a method of defeating a bill in the senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote |
| cloture | a procedure that allows each senator to speak only 1 hr on a bill under debate |
| elastic clause | constitution that gives congress the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers expressed in other clauses of article 1 |
| standing committee | a permanent committee in congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues |
| subcommittee | a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responsibility |
| select committee | a temporary committee formed to study one specific isdue and report its findings to the senate or the house |
| joint committee | a committe of the house and the senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings back to the house and the senate |
| seniority system | a system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committe |
| census | a population court |
| reapportionment | the process of reassigning representation based on population after every cencus |
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Mar1997
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