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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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| the drawing of legislative districts to maximize the chance that a minority candidate will win 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 majority |
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| a permanent congressional committee the specializes in a particular policy area |
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| members of both houses serve on this committee |
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| a temporary congressional committee created for a specific purpose and disbanded after finished |
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| a temporary committee created to work out differences between the House and Senate versions of a specific piece of legislature |
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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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| Presiding officer of the House of Representatives |
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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 speechmaking to prevent action on a piece of legislation |
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| the mechanism by which a filibuster is cut off in the Senate |
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| people who live and vote in a government official's 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 representative that votes according to their districts views, regardless of personal feeling |
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| a system of government in which the chief executive is the leader whose party holds the most seats in the legislation 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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