Leg Flashcards
Bicameral legislature
A 2 chamber legislature
Bills
A proposed law
Census
A population count
Conference committee
A temporary joint committee set up when the house and the senate have passed different versions of the same bill
Joint committee
A committee of the house and the senate that usually acts as a study group and reports it’s finding back to the house and senate
Necessary/ proper clause
Which gives congress the power to make all the laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out duties
Private bills
A bill dealing with individual people or places
Public bills
A bill dealing with general matter and applying. To whole nation
Quorum
The mini number of members that must be presented a permit a legislative body to take official action
Reappointment
The process of reassigning representation based on population after every census
Constituents
A person whom a member of congress has been elected to represent
Gerrymandering
To draw a districts boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
Incumbents
Elect officials that is already in office
Pork-barrel legislation
Laws passed by congress that appropriate money for local federal projects
Redistricting
To set a new district lines after reappointment is complete
