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Legislative Branch
Terms for US Government on Legislative Branch of Government.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A law making body of made up of two houses. | bicameral legislature |
| Distributed. | apportioned |
| Practice of political party, politician, or group of people to draw voting districts to one'e benefit. | gerrymandering |
| Legal protection. | immunity |
| To give up a seat in Congress | expulsion |
| Formal disapproval of a members actions | censure |
| When congress meet and are active | sessions |
| Private meetings | caucuses |
| Latin phrase for "The time being." | President Pro Tempore |
| Job to count votes, and ensure party members are present for important things | whip |
| Leader of the House of Representatives. | Speaker of the House |
| Proposed law | bill |
| The approval of spending money | appropriation bill |
| A law is also know as an | act |
| Method used when the senate talks for many hours about a bill causing it to be "talked to death" | filibuster |
| The legislative procedure for ending debate in the senate and taking a vote. | cloture |
| Rejecting a bill outright. | veto |
| If the president does not sign a bill within ten days it does not become a law. | pocket veto |
| 100 People are voted i to this house. | Senate |
| 435 people are seated here. | House of Representatives |
| Current Speaker of the House | John Boehner |
| Our US Representative | Keith Rothfus |
| Our Republican Senator | Senator Pat Toomey |
| Our Democratic Senator | Senator Robert Casey, Jr. |