Congressional Vocabulary

Question 1

Lawmaking body consisting of two houses

Answer 1

Congress

Question 2

People in a Congress member’s home district or state

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Constituents

Question 3

Person paid by an interest group to influence government

Answer 3

Lobbyist

Question 4

Proposed law

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Bill

Question 5

People with similar concerns who work together to achieve certain goals

Answer 5

Interest group

Question 6

Topic of concern that people have different opinions about

Answer 6

Issue

Question 7

Area represented by a member of the House of Representitives

Answer 7

State

Question 8

Has 435 members called representitives

Answer 8

House of Representitives

Question 9

Population count taken every ten years

Answer 9

Census

Question 10

Smaller of the houses with 100 members

Answer 10

The Senate

Question 11

Plan for raising and spending money

Answer 11

A Budget

Question 12

Accuse a government official with wrongdoing in a procedure to remove him/her from office

Answer 12

Impeachment

Question 13

One year of a congressional term, beginning in January and ending usually in late December

Answer 13

A Session

Question 14

Political party with the most members

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Majority Party

Question 15

Political party with fewer members

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Minority Party

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Presiding officer of the House of Representitives

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Speaker

Question 17

Presiding office of the Senate when the Vice President is absent

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President pro tempore

Question 18

Assistant floor leader who tries to persuade members to vote in support of their party

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Party Whip

Question 19

The box in which a Representitive deposits proposed legislation

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a Hopper

Question 20

Group of members of Congress that deals with a certain area and controls what initially happens to a bill

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Committees

Question 21

Temporary group of House and Senate members to work out a compromise for differences in a bill

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Conference Committees

Question 22

Method of delay by making lengthy speeches

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Filibuster

Question 23

How legislators are divided among districts

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Apportioned

Question 24

Limits on the number of terms a member of Congress may serve

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Term Limits

Question 25

Practice of drawing district lines that favor a particular political party

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Gerrymandering

Question 26

Powers that are specifically granted to Congress

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Delegated Powers

Question 27

Allows Congress to stretch the delegated powers listed in the Constitution to cover many other subjects

Answer 27

Elastic Clause

Question 28

Powers not specifically listed in the Constitution, but needed to carry out delegated powers

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Implied Powers