Legislative Branch

5. distribution of representative for the HOR, based on the Census
8. Chosen by the majority party; Highest ranking office in Congress; Presides over the HOR
10. a proposed law under consideration by a legislature
11. a temporary committee of legislators from both the House and Senate created to work out differences in bills passed by both chambers
12. Temporary committee created in Congress to deal with a specific problem
13. NC Senior Senator
15. President of the Senate
16. a permanent committee of legislators from either the House or Senate responsible for specific policy areas, such as foreign affairs or agriculture
17. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so 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.
18. NC Junior Senator
20. NC District 7 Representative
21. assistant to the majority or minority leader in the HOR and Senate; they are "the enforcer" of legislation

1. Current Speaker of the House
2. the tactic of using endless speeches on the SENATE floor to delay or prevent passage of legislation; not permitted in the House
3. Chosen from the Majority Party, the highest ranking member of the Senate, means "for the time being"
4. A population count every 10 years.
6. Senate Minority Leader
7. Senate Majority Leader
9. The process of bringing a debate to a quick end (no filibuster); Only in Senate; requires 3/5 vote (60 members); effectively creates a 60 vote threshold for some votes
14. citizens being represented in each district
19. 2 house legislature; HOR and Senate; ours was set up by the Great Compromise