Chapter 5 Vocabulary

3. Private meetings held by each of the political parties to choose leaders
5. A Strategy of delaying a bill by "talking it to death"
7. A law that sentences a person to jail without a trial
8. Process where the person with the most experience gets the nest positions in Congress
9. The people who live in a Congress persons district
12. To distribute or divide (seats in the House
14. A formal disapproval of a congress persons actions
15. A limit on debate of a bill in the Senate\
18. Free mail for Congress people
19. Legal protection
20. The most powerful position in the House of Reps.
21. President of the Senate "for the time being"
23. Permanent committees in Congress
25. The political party with the most seats in each of the 2 houses of Congress
29. Having a majority of members present in Congress to do business
30. Another name for the Majority leader
31. An act that betrays or endangers the country
32. Limits/Limiting the length of time an elected official can serve
33. Another name for a law
34. When a member of congress has to give up their seat because they broke the law

1. Small group meeting in Congress where work on bills is done
2. 2 of these for each term of Congress(meetings of Congress)
4. A law that applies to an action that took place before it was against the law
6. Allows Congress to "stretch" its powers
10. It means you can't be held in jail forever without formal charges being brought against you
11. Name given to the person who tries to persuade others to vote for a bill
13. Drawing of voting districts to favor one particular party
16. Another name for Legislative Branch
17. the party in Congress with the fewest seats
19. The powers Congress claims under the elastic clause.
22. Each memeber of Congress votes individually when their name is called
24. Process of bringing formal charges against an elected official in the House of Reps
26. A bill approving the spending of money by Congress
27. Another way the President can veto a law
28. A proposed law