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Chapter 5 vocabulary review

. Committees made up of member of both the House

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Chapter 5 vocabulary review

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    1. Chapter 5 vocabulary review The first slide is the definition, the next will be the key term.

    2. Committees made up of member of both the House & Senate

    3. JOINT COMMITTEES Committees made up of member of both the House & Senate

    4. Committees that continue from one Congress to the next

    5. STANDING COMMITTEE Committees that continue from one Congress to the next

    6. Temporary committees that study only 1 issue

    7. SELECT COMMITTEE Temporary committees that study only 1 issue

    8. Temporary committee set up to work out the differences when the House & Senate pass different versions of a bill

    9. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Temporary committee set up to work out the differences when the House & Senate pass different versions of a bill

    10. system that gives the majority member with the longest continuous service on the committee the leadership of that committee

    11. SENIORITY SYSTEM system that gives the majority member with the longest continuous service on the committee the leadership of that committee

    12. to continue to talk until enough members of the Senate either give up the bill or agree to modify (change) it

    13. FILIBUSTER to continue to talk until enough members of the Senate either give up the bill or agree to modify (change) it

    14. minimum # of members needed for a vote

    15. QUORUM minimum # of members needed for a vote

    16. The list of bills that is up for consideration

    17. CALENDAR The list of bills that is up for consideration

    18. a proposed law

    19. BILL a proposed law

    20. people of the districts that House members represent

    21. CONSTITUENTS people of the districts that House members represent

    22. closed meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

    23. CAUCUS closed meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

    24. assistant floor leaders in Congress

    25. WHIPS assistant floor leaders in Congress

    26. The Speaker of the House’s top assistant

    27. MAJORITY LEADER The Speaker of the House’s top assistant

    28. members already in office

    29. INCUMBENTS members already in office

    30. statewide

    31. AT-LARGE statewide

    32. vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions

    33. CENSURE vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions

    34. When the political party in power draws the state’s districts’ boundaries to gain an advantage in elections

    35. GERRYMANDER When the political party in power draws the state’s districts’ boundaries to gain an advantage in elections

    36. determining the new # of representatives that each state has

    37. REAPPORTIONMENT determining the new # of representatives that each state has

    38. population count

    39. CENSUS population count

    40. the process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment

    41. REDISTRICTING the process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment

    42. Meetings, of Congress

    43. SESSIONS Meetings, of Congress

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