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Chapter 5- vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Apportioned | distributed |
| Gerrymandering | the process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party |
| Term Limits | laws that limit the number of terms elected officials can serve |
| Franking Privilege | the right of members of congress to mail official letters free of charge |
| Immunity | legal protection |
| Expulsion | the removal of a person from an institution, such as congress, for serious misconduct |
| Censure | formal disapproval of a members action |
| Sessions | meetings |
| Caucuses | members in each house gather separately in private meetings |
| Majority Party | the political party that has the most members in each house |
| Minority Party | the political party that has fewer members |
| Floor Leader | a political party leader in congress who works for the passage of bills the party favors |
| President Pro Tempore | the official who presides over the senate in the vice presidents absence |
| Bills | proposed laws |
| Committees | small groups in congress formed to consider bills |
| Seniority System | the custom of giving leadership of committees to members of congress with the most years of service |
| Elastic Clause | Section 8, of the constitution; known also as the “necessary and prospers” clause that allows congress to extend its delegated powers |
| Party Whip | job is to persuade members to vote for party sponsored legislation |
| Implied Powers | the powers that congress has claimed under the elastic clause |
| Treason | is an act that betrays or endangers ones country |
| Impeachment | the procedure of drawing up and passing the list of charges in the house |
| ex post facto law | a law that applies to an action that occurred before the law was passed |
| Bill of Attainder | a law that sentences a person to prison without a trial |
| Writ of habeas corpus | a court order requiring that the accuses person be brought to court |
| Constituents | people represented by members of a law making body |
| appropriation bill | a bill approving the spending of extra public money |
| act | a law |
| quorum | the minimum number of members who must be present before a legislative body can conduct business |
| Roll Call Vote | a vote in congress in which a record is made of how each member votes |
| Filibuster | a method of delaying action on a bull in the senate by making long speeches |
| Cloture | a limit on the debate of a bill in the senate |
| pocket veto | a mean by which the president can reject a bill, when congress is not in session, by not signing it |
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