Legislative branch

4. a practice intended to establish an unfair political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries
5. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
6. made up of two parts, called chambers
8. to set a congressional bill aside in committee without considering it
10. priority given to those members who have been there for the longest
14. permanent committee to discuss specific issues
15. political party with less members in that house
16. political procedure where one or more members of parliament or congress debate over a proposed piece of legislation to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal
17. the constitution grants the president 10 days to review a measure passed by the congress
19. powers that the Constitution has specifically given to the federal government
20. social work involving direct consideration of the problems, needs, and adjustments of the individual case
21. an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group of persons, guilty of some crime, and punishing them, often without a trial

1. powers congress exercises that the constitution does not explicitly define
2. political party with the most members in a house
3. charge the holder of a public office with misconduct
7. being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect
9. law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed before the enactment of the law
10. a group of people or an organization seeking or receiving special advantages, typically through political lobbying
11. used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before the court to determine if the person's imprisonment or detention is lawful
12. a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators
13. a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote in a legislative assembly
18. an official count or survey of a population