civics

3. rule says that the senior member of the committee of the power party is the committee chair; can use parliamentary power to get rid of a bill if he/she doesn't like it
5. dividing up votes on proportion
9. people who vote for you or in your district
10. of the house John Boehner; gets the bill and assigns it to the committee; also decides who sits on which committee
11. people who act on behalf of interest groups
12. process in which a filibuster is broken
13. an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature.
14. up session when you change or revise a bill
16. having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body
17. limits laws limiting how long a person may remain in office
18. to reject a bill into becoming a law
20. a member of a legislature who makes a long speech and basically talks a bill to death

1. committee where the work really happens; holds hearings and invites people to testify who will be in favor or opposition of the bill
2. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible
4. attachment to the bill that’s unrelated to the bill
6. veto bill automatically becomes a law if the president does not sign the bill within 10 days of end of session
7. unite two bills; make them into one
8. committee members of the house and members of the senate iron out the bills
15. an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shoes a biased, emotional allegiance
19. if you contribute enough money, you will get facetime with the congress person and they will listen to what you have to say