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| to distribute, as in the seats in the house of reps. |
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| the process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party |
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| laws that limit the number of terms elected officals can serve |
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| right to mail official letters with no charge |
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| removal of a memember of a congress for serious misconduct |
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| formal disapproval of the actions of a memember of a congress by other members |
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| meeting of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party's candidates for public officials |
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| political party that has more memembers in congress or in state legislature |
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| political party that has less memembers in congress |
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| the presiding officer of house of reps |
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| a political party leader of congress who works for passage of bills of party favors |
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| the assistant of the floor leader in each house of congress who tries to persuade party memembers to vote for bills the party supports |
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| the official who precides over the senate in the vice presidents adsence |
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| proposed law being considered by a lawmaking body |
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| small group in congress formed to consider bills |
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| a permenant house or senate committee that considers bills in certain areas |
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| a division of standing congressional committee that deals with specific issues in area handled by committee as a whole |
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| temporary house of senate committee appointed to deal with an issue not handled by a standing committee |
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| committee made up of memembers of both house of congress that deal with matters of mutual concern |
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| temporary congressional committee made up of senators and representatives who try to reach aggreements on different versions of a bill |
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