1) drawing of district lines to the advantage of a party or group a) caucus b) gerrymander c) censure d) constituent e) incumbent f) expulsion 2) a majority of congress members present to conduct official business a) caucus b) oversight c) cloture resolution d) quorum e) constituents f) bill 3) a suggested new law a) session b) bill c) censure d) quorum e) cloture resolution f) filibuster 4) formally removes a congressperson from office a) oversight b) jurisdiction c) censure d) expulsion e) seniority f) constituent 5) conducting investigations of agency programs and actions a) oversight b) census c) gerrymander d) expulsion e) caucus f) reapportionment 6) the people back home the voters a) census b) constituents c) reapportionment d) incumbent e) bill f) quorum 7) most years of experience means power and committee chairships a) census b) expulsion c) constituents d) seniority system e) censure f) quorum 8) a procedure to discipline members of congress for wrongdoing a) expulsion b) censure c) ethics d) immunity e) filibuster f) gerrymander 9) the person already holding office a) constituents b) incumbent c) seniority d) ethics e) censure f) quorum 10) a count of the population a) bill b) census c) oversight d) censure e) quorum f) expulsion 11) authority a) jurisdiction b) oversight c) quorum d) censure e) filibuster f) expulsion 12) the process of reassigning representation based on on population, after every census a) jurisdiction b) bill c) session d) gerrymander e) reapportionment f) quorum 13) meeting a) filibuster b) session c) gerrymaner d) constituent e) reapportionment f) caucus 14) a method of defeating a bill in the senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote a) incumbent b) cloture resolution c) filibuster d) seniority system e) caucus f) quorum 15) the Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the party's legislative program and to steer important bills through the house a) gerrymander b) reappportionment c) quorum d) majority leader e) cloture resolution f) filibuster 16) a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office a) caucus b) quorum c) censure d) session e) oversight f) expulsion 17) a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate a) expulsion b) oversight c) jurisdiction d) gerrymander e) cloture resolution f) filibuster

Legislative Branch Vocabulary

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