Chapter 5 Words Crossword

the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
2 chamber legislature
meetings
population count
the process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment
to draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
voting is statewide
vote of formal disapproval of a member's actions
elected official who is already in office
a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
the Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party's legislative program and to steer important bills through the House
an assistant to the party floor leaders in the legislature
a proposed law
a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress
authority shared by two or more committees
minimum number of members needed for official legislative action
the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president
a motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and consider a bill from the calendar
a motion placed on a bill in the Senate that alerts party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
permanent groups set to oversee bills that dealt with certain kinds of issues
a committee which specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee
they study one specific issue and report their findings to the Senate or House
committee made up of both senate and house members and can be temporary or permanent
temporary committee that is set up when the House and Senate have passed different versions of a bill
means that the chairs are elected by which congressman has served the longest
members who work directly for an individual senator/ representative
people who work for many House and Senate committees
second type of personal staff member which is well informed on many bills