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| Lower body of the nation's bicameral legislature. |
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| Division of the state into congressional and state senate and house districts of equal population for purposes of representation. |
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| Basic principle of republicanism that says every member of society must follow the same laws. |
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| Role of the vice president of the United States. |
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| Legilative floor members from the minority party. |
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| A legal document where a rule of order is established and enforced by the authority and legislation of a community, state, or nation. |
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| Part of government that interprets the law and makes legal decisions. |
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| Clause of the Constitution that says the Constitution is the highest law of the land. |
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| Part of the government that makes laws. |
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| Presidential power to stop a bill from becoming a law by rejecting it. |
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| Upper house of a legislature. |
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| The laws of the United States are the highest law of the country, further strengthened by the Fourteenth amendment which guarantees due process and equal protection under the law. |
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| Floor leaders of a majority party in a legislature. |
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| Senator elected as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice rpesident. |
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| Legislative floor leaders who report to the majority or minority leaders. |
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| Proposed law going through the legislative process. |
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| Part of the government, headed by the president, that carries out the laws. |
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| Articles of the Constitution that cover the three branches of the government. |
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| Majority party leader of the lower legislative body in a congress, for example, the federal House of Representatives. |
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| Legislative system that helps bills become laws. |
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| Those holding office longer getter better committee appointments in a legislature. |
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| Legislative tactic; holding the floor with endless speeches to stop a bill from coming to a vote. |
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| Vote to end a filibuster. |
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