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| redistribution of representatives among the states, based on population change. the House is reapportioned after each census. |
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| The formal charging of a government official with "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors" |
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| redrawing a congressional district to intentionally benefit one political party |
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| Solving problems for constituents, especially problems involving government agencies |
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| Descriptive representation |
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| A belief that constituents are most effectively represented by legislators who are similar to them in such key demographic characteristics as race, ethnicity, religion, or gender |
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| The drawing of a legislative district to maximize the chance that a minority candidate will win an election |
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| the presidents disapproval of a bill that has been passed by both houses of Congress. Congress can override a veto with a two-thirds vote in each house |
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| A permanent congressional committee that specializes in a particular policy area |
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| a committee made up of members of both the house and the senate |
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| a temporary congressional committee created for a specific purpose and disbanded after that purpose is fulfilled |
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| a temporary committee created to work out differences between the house and senate versions of a specific piece of legislation |
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| a temporary congressional committee created for a specific purpose and disbanded after that purpose is fulfilled |
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| a temporary committee created to work out differences between the house and senate versions of a specific piece of legislation |
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| Years of consecutive service on a particular congressional committee |
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| the process of reviewing the operations of an agency to determine whether it is carrying out policies as congress intended |
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| The presiding officer of the house of reps |
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| the head of the majority party in the Senate; the second-highest-ranking member of the majority party in the House. |
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| a delaying tactic, used in the senate, that involves speech making to prevent action on a piece of legislation |
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| the mechanism by which a filibuster is cut off in a senate |
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| People who live and vote in a government officials district or state |
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| a representative who is obligated to consider the views of constituents but is not obligated to vote according to those views if he or she believes they are misguided |
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| a legislator whose primary responsibility is to represent the majority view of his or her constituents, regardless of his or her own view |
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| a system of government in which the chief executive is the leader whose party holds the most seats in the legislature after an election or whose party forms a major part of the ruling coalition |
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| federal funds appropriated by congress for use on local projects |
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