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Frage | Antworten |
Bicameral | Having 2 branches or chambers |
Constituents | A member of a constituency |
House of representatives | The lower house of the United States Congress |
Gerrymander | Manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class |
Senate | any of various legislative or governing bodies, in particular |
Speaker of the house | The presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. |
President pro tempore | a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US senate in the absence of the vice president |
Party Whips | A Member of parliament who is selected by their parliamentary party to take on the role of team manager |
Standing Committee | A permanent Committee that meets regularly |
Select Committee | A small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose |
Joint Committee | A term that is used to refer to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature |
Seniority system | Custom in congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersonship to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest. |
Expressed powers | Those powers of Congress specifically listed in the Constitution. |
implied powers | those powers authorized by a document (from the Constitution) that, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated. |
elastic clause | statement in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers. |
impeach | call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice). |
bills of atainder | an act of legislature finding a person guilty of treason or felony without trial. |
ex post facto laws | law that retroactively changes the legal consequences |
US Representative Qualifications | the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies |
franking privilege | The right of members to post mail to constituents without having to pay postage |
pork barrel projects | a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily |
US Senator Qualifications | The Constitution sets three qualifications for service in the U.S. Senate: age (at least thirty years of age); U.S. citizenship (at least nine years); and residency in the state a senator represents at time of election. |
filibuster | an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly |
cloture | a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end |
veto | a constitutional right to reject a decision |
pocket veto | a legislative maneuver that allows a president or other official with veto power to exercise that power |
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