Legislative Branch Flashcards
Delegates
Agents of the people who elect them
Bills
Proposed laws in congress sessions
Floor consideration
Proposals that are considered and acted upon by the full membership of the house or senate
Redistricting
The reapportion defines the number of congressional districts that each state has
Constituency
The people and interest the senators represent
Commerce powers
The power of congress to regulate interstate and foregoing trade
Public debt
All the money borrowed by the federal government over the years and not yet repaid
Deficit spending
Regularly spends more money in a year than it takes in
Eminent domain
The inherent power to take privet property for the public use
Commerce clause
Gives congress the power to regulate foreign trade and interstate trade
Speaker of the house
Elected presiding officer of the house and the acknowledged leader of its majority party
President of the senate
The senates presiding officer
President pro temporero of the senate
Serves in the Vp absence
Elected by senate and is always a leading member of the majority party
Floor leaders
Most important officers in congress
Don’t hold official positions but are party officers that are picked for their positions by their party colleagues
Majority leader
The floor leader that hold the majority of seats in each house
