1) Made up of two houses a) Conference Committee b) bicameral  c) Lobbyist d) Whip 2) Represents the entire state; a Senator a) Conference Committee b) constitutent c) incumbent d) at-large representative 3) Someone who is already elected and serving in office a) incumbent b) Gerrymandering c) Census d) at-large representative 4) Another name for people an elected official represents a) President Pro Tempore b) bicameral  c) at-large representative d) constitutents 5) Presides over the Senate in the VP's absence a) Conference Committee b) Library of Congress c) President Pro Tempore d) Filibuster 6) Assistant to the floor leader a) Gerrymandering b) Whip c) Reapportion d) Library of Congress 7) Permanent group in both House and Senate that studies a specific topic a) Gerrymandering b) Filibuster c) Whip d) Standing Committee 8) A committee created to resolve differences in legislation a) incumbent b) Conference Committee c) Bill d) Gerrymandering 9) Largest library in the world; provides research assistance to Congress a) Gerrymandering b) Whip c) Bill d) Library of Congress 10) Conducts audits to make sure government money is spent correctly a) Conference Committee b) General Accounting Office c) at-large representative d) bicameral  11) Drawing congressional district boundaries to favor one political party over the other  a) Conference Committee b) Bill c) Library of Congress d) Gerrymandering 12) Determining how many representatives each state gets after the census a) Conference Committee b) Reapportion c) constitutent d) General Accounting Office 13) Counting the US population every 10 years a) bicameral  b) Gerrymandering c) Census d) President Pro Tempore 14) A stall tactic used in the Senate to delay or kill a bill a) Filibuster b) Census c) General Accounting Office d) constitutent 15) A proposed law a) Bill b) constitutent c) Conference Committee d) Filibuster 16) Someone hired by an interest group to influence lawmakers a) Census b) Reapportion c) Lobbyist d) Gerrymandering

Legislative Branch Vocabulary

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