UNIT TOPIC - 4.

1 & 4a, 9, 10 - Congress VOCABULARY

CHAPTER(s):

Instructions: The following represents useful vocabulary for

mastery of this Unit Topic. Complete definitions to all terms.
Indicate for which part of the Unit Topic each term refers to (1a,
3b, 5c, etc.) and write the name in the space beneath the
term.

1) single-member districts
Topic: balance needs of constituents
2) gerrymandering
Topic: impact of reapportionment
3) incumbent
Topic: Congressional leadership
4) redistricting
Topic: impact of reapportionment
5) constituents
Topic: balance needs of constituents
6) casework
Topic: balance needs of constituents
7) pork-barreling
Topic: logrolling, pork barreling
8) Frankling Privilege
Topic: balance needs of constituents
9) reapportionment
Topic: impact of reapportionment
10) marginal district
Topic: impact of reapportionment
11) bicameral legislature
Topic: balance needs of constituents
12) descriptive representation
Topic: demographic composition
13) iron triangle
Topic: Congressional leadership
14) Congressional oversight
Topic: Constitutional Powers

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NAME: Cionne Gates

PERIOD:

an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple member
legislature; referred to as the winner take all system
the process of dividing voting districts to give an unfair advantage to a group or c
members who are already in office and won reelection

the redrawing of Congressional and other legislative lines following the census to
accomadate population shifts and to have equal representation
the people in the districts who representatives represent
activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals

list of federal projects, grants, and contracts available to cities, businesses, colleg
institutuions
free postal services for letters sent by members of Congress to their constituents

at periodic redistribution of US congressional seats according to a change in the c

district won by less than 55% of the votes
a legislature divided into two houses

term refers to the demographic characteristics of representatives with those of th

constituents
close relationship between a government agency, a congressional committee, an
interest group
review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, activities, and
Congress

15) logrolling
Topic: logrolling, pork barreling
16) seniority rule
Topic: fragmentation of policy-making
17) safe seat
Topic: Congressional leadership
18) whip
Topic: Congressional leadership
19) majority leader
Topic: Congressional leadership
20) minority leader
Topic: Congressional leadership
21) President pro tempore
Topic: Congressional leadership
22) Speaker of the House
Topic: Congressional leadership
23) Congressional Caucus
Topic: demographic composition
24) quorum
Topic: balance need of constituents
25) quorum call
Topic: balance need of constituents
26) term limits
Topic: Congressional leadership
27) concurrent resolution
Topic: Constitutional Powers
28) Congress
Topic: Constitutional Powers
29) malapportionment
Topic: impact of reapportionment
30) substantive representation
Topic: balance need of constituents

process of exchanging political favor for support

an outdated system under which committee chairs are awarded to members who
served the longest on the committee
a legislative seat that is likely to be retained in districts in which the winner got m
55% of the votes
senator or representative who works with the majority or minority leader stay info
about what party members are thinking from the counting of votes
principal partisan ally of the House or the party's manager in the Senate; respons
influencing committee assignments
principal leader of the minority party in the House of Representatives or in the Se

when the Vice President is not acting as the head of the Senate, this person is the
for the time
presiding officer of the House of Representatives; leader of their own party in Hou

a group of members of the United States Congress that share demographics and
an issue or advocate a political ideology
the minimal number of officers and members of a committee or organization who
present for valid transaction of business
calling of the roll in either house of Congress to see whether the number of repres
in attendance meets the minimum number required to conduct official business
legal limits of how many total terms of office can be held by one individual

a resolution used to settle housekeeping and proceural matters that affect both h

a meeting place of representatives of local constituencies who can modify, appro

reject laws; shares supervision of government agencies with the executive
creation of congressional districts in a state which were unequal; Supreme Court
eliminated the practice by requiring districts in states contain the same number o
term refers to the correspondence between representatives' opinions and those o
constituents

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ody with multiple members like a

advantage to a group or candidate

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entation
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ts as individuals

o cities, businesses, colleges, and

gress to their constituents

ording to a change in the census

sentatives with those of their

ngressional committee, and an

s, programs, activities, and policy by

awarded to members who have

in which the winner got more than

or minority leader stay informed

ing of votes
ger in the Senate; responsible for

epresentatives or in the Senate

e Senate, this person is the president

er of their own party in House

t share demographics and share

mittee or organization who must be

ether the number of representatives

conduct official business
ld by one individual
matters that affect both houses

ies who can modify, approve, or

s with the executive
e unequal; Supreme Court in 1964
ontain the same number of people
tives' opinions and those of their