Chapter 5 & 6 Vocabulary Terms

5. the term for how seats in the house of representatives are distributed.
7. a method of delaying a vote on a bill by giving a lengthy speech.
9. the legislative procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
11. another name for a law.
12. a person who represents a country's commercial interests in other countries.
13. meetings of party leaders to determine party policies or to choose the party leaders.
15. a act that betrays or endangers one's country.
16. the highest ranking US representative in a foreign country.
17. assistant to the floor leader who helps count votes and makes sure their party members are present.
19. a formal disapproval of a member of congress' actions.
20. a reduction of a person's criminal sentence.
21. another term for the necessary and proper cluase that gives congress undefined power.
22. to accuse an officeholder of misconduct.

1. a postponement of the carrying out of a person's criminal sentence.
2. the practice of drawing district lines that favor a particular political party.
3. a proposed law.
4. this is when the president refuses to sign a bill.
6. the art of interacting with foreign countries.
8. all of the departments and employees that constitute the government.
10. agreements from one nation to another nation.
14. a US consul's office in another country.
18. legal protection.