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Description
| Question | Answer |
| A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses | Bicameral |
| Larger body of Congress, has 435 voting members allotted to the states according to population. | The House of Representatives |
| A person from a legislator's district | Constituent |
| An oddly shaped election district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group | Gerrymander |
| Has 100 members- 2 from each of the 50 states | Senate |
| The House of Representative's "overall" leader | Speaker of the house |
| Permanent committee that continues work from session to session in its Congress | Standing Committee |
| Temporary committees to deal with special issues | Select committees |
| Include members of both houses, meet to consider specific issues | Joint committees |
| The senators and representatives who have been in Congress longest usually get the preferred committee spots. The longest serving committee member from the majority party traditionally becomes chairperson. | Seniority System |
| Powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in the Constitution | Expressed powers |
| Powers that Congress has that are not stated explicicitly in the Constitution | Implied powers |
| Clause in article I, Section 8 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers | Elastic clause |
| To accuse government officials of misconduct in office | Impeach |
| A law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court | Bill of Attainder |
| A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed | Ex Post Facto Law |
| 25 years old, live in the state you represent, have been a U.S. citizen for 7 years | US Representative Qualifications |
| The right of senators and representatives to send job-related mail without paying postage | Franking privilege |
| Government project grant that primarily benefits that home district or state | Pork-barrel project |
| at least 30 years old, live in the state you plan to represent, have been a U.S. citizen for 9 years | Senator Qualifications |
| A tactic for defeating a bill in the Senate buy talking until the bill's sponsor withdraws it | Filibuster |
| A procedure used in the Senate to limit debate on a bill | Cloture |
| Refusal to sign a bill or resolution | Veto |
| President's power to kill a bill, if Congress is not in session, by not signing for it for 10 days | Pocket veto |
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