AP Gov Unit 3

a published account of the speeches and debates and votes of the United States Congress

The United States Congress has the authority to conduct hearings, investigations, and budget reviews of the actions by the executive branch.

a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office

a closed political meeting

a free "stamp" used by congressman; just there name

a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

the civil right to prevent illegal imprisonment

a bill passed by a legislature to punish a person without a trail.

a law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed

vote for a series of laws as a single package

a motion to force a bill to the House floor that has been bottled up in committee

a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches

a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

A procedure to keep the Senate going during a filibuster in which the disputed bill is shelved temporarily so that the Senate can get on with other business.

a congressional process by which a speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting

to set a congressional bill aside in committee without considering it

a formal reprimand of a congressman for such misdeeds as misues of public funds or abuse of privileges.

the official who holds an office and plans on running again

voter

pertinent; important

the inability of the government to act because rival parties control different parts of the government

a vote that blocks a decision

when a president kills a bill passed during the last 10 days Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it

money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding

a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

When congress votes for an unnecessary building project so that a member can get more district popularity

act of exchanging favors for mutual gain

a clause that is appended to a legislative bill

committee appointed by the presiding officers of each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.

A permanent committee established in a legislature, usually focusing on a policy area

devoted to a cause or party

supported by both sides

a roll call in either house of Congress to see whether the minimum number of representatives required to conduct business is present

People under the party kneaders in the houses

a bill with many riders

Political districts in which candidates elected to the House of Representatives win in close elections, usually less than 55% of the vote

Districts in which incumbents win by margins of 55 percent or more

honorary position in the senate to senior member of the majority party when vp is gone

Distribution of representatives among the states based on the population of each state

the reassignment of seats, in the House of Representatives after each ten-year cencus on gains or losses in a state's population

The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.

a period count of the population