civics vocab ch 5
Terms
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- Filibuster
- to talk until the sponsor of a bill or nomination agrees to modify or withdraw the bill
- Majority party
- party that has the most members in the Senate and the House during a term
- Redistricting
- when a district is redrawn because of a gain or loss of seats in the house of congress
- Reapportionment
- the reassignment of seats, in the House of Representativesafter each ten-year census on gains or losses in a state's population
- House of Representatives
- the lower house of the U.S. Congress
- Committees
- groups of representatives who work out the details of bills
- Caucus
- a closed meeting
- Incumbent
- the person who already holds an office
- Cloture
- limits the time for debate
- Gerrymandering
- create a district to favor one party over another
- Senate
- the upper house of the U.S. Congress
- Majority leader
- a member of the House that helps the Speaker and otherparty leaders and is the main spokesperson for his or her party in the house
- Term
- periods of time in which Congress meets
- President pro tempore
- meaning "president for a time," a person who chairsdaily sessions of the Senate in place of the vice president
- Bicameral legislature
- having two houses of Congress
- Minority party
- the party with the fewer number of seats in the Senate and the House during a term
- Minority whip
- the minority leader's assistant
- Constituents
- the people back home in a senator or representative's state or district