Vocabulary

1. / Congress meets in a two-year time period.
3. /The formal statement of basic principles given by a political party to tell about their objectives and views on major issues.
4. /A government were a constitution divides the power between central government or national government and Smaller regional governments.
7. /A general agreement among many groups on fundamental matters.
8. /An elected official represents he people and interests.
9. / When a court makes a decision that stands as an example be followed in the future, in cases that are similar.
12. / A large administrative structure that handles the every day business of an organization.
14. To suspend a meeting of a legislative session.
15. year / A full year for the government and the business world for its record keeping,budgeting, revenue collecting and other financial management related things.

2. /The process by which fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state.
4. / Many tactics aimed at defeating a bill in a legislative body by preventing a final vote.
5. / Each year the Congress assembles and conducts business.
6. /The drawing of electoral district lines to give political parties and groups advantages.
10. /All people who are entitled to vote in an election.
11. process / The government has to act fairly and according to pre-set rules in everything it does.
13. / A procedure that can be used to limit or end floor debate in a legislative body.
14. /A lawmaker who owes their first allegiance to their political party and according to how their party votes.