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TermDefinition
Term In congress, a term lasts for two years, and consecutively .
Session A period of time during which, each year, congress assembles and conducts business.
Adjourns Suspension until the next session, each regular session as it sees fit.
Special Session A meeting to deal with some emergency situation.
Apportion Distribute
Reapportion Redistribute
Off Year Election Congressional elections that occur in the nonresidential years.
Single-Member District Voters in each district elect one of the State's representatives from among a field of candidates running for the seat in the House from that district.
At-Large Elected from the State as a whole, rather than from a particular district.
Gerrymander Drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the State's legislature.
Continuous Body All of its seats are never up for election at the same time.
Constituencies The people and interests the senators represent.
Trustee Believe that each question they face must be decided on its merits.
Partisans Lawmakers who owe their first allegiance to their political party.
Delegate See themselves as the agents of those who elected them.
Politicos Attempt to combine the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles.
Oversight Function The process by which Congress checks to see that the various agencies in the executive branch are working effectively and acting in line with the policies that Congress has set by law.
Franking Privilege A well-known benefit that allows them to mail letters and other materials postage-free by substituting their facsimile signature (frank) for the postage.
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