The Congress

6. Members of Congress can use the mailing system for free.
7. A temporary legislative committee appointed for a special purpose.
8. The allocation of seats in the House of Representatives to each state after each census.
11. The person who temporarily takes over as officer of the Senate in the absence of the vice president.
16. A view that the ideology of a member of Congress affects how he or she votes.
17. In charge of rounding up votes.

1. When there is a change or a redrawing of the boundaries of the congressional districts within each state.
2. Members of Congress spend a lot of time serving their ____________.
3. Committee that drafts tax legislation.
4. A permanent committee in the House or Senate that considers bills within a certain subject area.
5. A committee where the House and Senate achieve agreement on exact wording of legislative acts when two chambers pass legislative proposals in different forms.
6. The use of Senate's tradition of unlimited debate as a delaying tactic to block a bill.
8. The committee that the Senate doesn't have.
9. The most powerful and influential member of the House.
10. When the drawing of legislative district boundary lines are redrawn to benefit a particular party or candidate.
12. When constituents have a clear view on some issue and the legislators that vote on that issue will attract their attention and their vote will help them get reelected.
13. Leader The chief spokesperson of the majority party in the Senate.
14. The theory of congressional voting behavior which assumes that members make voting decisions to please fellow members and obtain their goodwill.
15. A committee formed in order to get input on proposed laws from both Houses of Congress.