Chapter 5 Key Terms

3. a congressional act or bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose.
5. permanent committees of the House of Representatives that address the major areas in which most proposed laws fall.
7. the process of charging officials in executive and judicial branches with wrongdoing and bringing them to trial.
9. temporary committees in the House of Representatives formed to carry out specific tasks that are not already covered by existing committees.
10. a tax levied on one person but passed on to another for payment to the government.
13. a condition in which government revenues are lower than expenses.
14. a court order that forces the police to present a person in court to face charges.
16. the redistribution of seats in the House of Representatives among the states based on the results of the census.
17. The people of a particular geographic area who are represented by a lawmaking body.
18. legal documents that require a person to testify in a certain matter.
19. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
20. a law that punishes a person without trial.
21. proposed laws

1. laws that criminalizes an action that took place in the past and that was legal at that time.
2. The distribution of seats in the House of Representatives among the states.
4. a tax an individual pays directly to the government.
6. the representatives of each party whose duty is to encourage fellow party members to vote as the party leadership wants.
8. special committees formed from members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to address broad issues that affect both chambers.
11. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, of the Constitution
12. the representative of each party elected to help manage the actions and strategy of their party in the House of Representatives.
15. a meeting of all the House members from a particular party held to elect party officers.