Chapter 5 Vocab Matching

Question 1

incumbents

Answer 1

elected official who is already in office

Question 2

constituents

Answer 2

a person whom a member of congress has been elected to represent

Question 3

majority leader

Answer 3

the speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the legislative program and to steer important bills through the house

Question 4

whip

Answer 4

an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature

Question 5

president pro tempore

Answer 5

the senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the senate in the absence of the Vice President.

Question 6

standing committees

Answer 6

a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues

Question 7

subcommittees

Answer 7

a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility

Question 8

select committees

Answer 8

a temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the senate or the house

Question 9

joint committees

Answer 9

a committee of the House and the Senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings back to the House and the Senate

Question 10

conference committee

Answer 10

a temporary joint committee set up when the house and the senate have passed different versions of the same bill.