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| 9259220865 | Politico | Lawmaker who attempts to balance the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles | 0 | |
| 9259220866 | Logrolling | You support my bill, I'll support yours. Trading favors by legislators to help pass their bills. | 1 | |
| 9259220867 | Germaneness | Subjects must pertain to the topic at hand | 2 | |
| 9259220868 | Hold | When a senator asks party leadership to postpone action on a bill | 3 | |
| 9259220869 | Rider | An amendment added to a bill that has nothing to do with the bill but will be passed if the bill is passed | 4 | |
| 9259220870 | unanimous consent agreement | Used by senate majority and minority leaders to set rules and limits on the debate of a bill | 5 | |
| 9259220871 | senatorial courtesy | When the president seeks the consent of senators of a state from which his appointee comes from | 6 | |
| 9259220872 | Filibuster | A lengthy speech designed to delay or kill the vote on a bill; used only in the Senate | 7 | |
| 9259220873 | Cloture | Rule voted on by at least 60 senators that ends a filibuster and limits a debate | 8 | |
| 9259220874 | authorization bill | a bill that establishes a program and says how much can be spent on the program | 9 | |
| 9259220875 | appropriations bill | A bill that officially funds an authorization bill | 10 | |
| 9259220876 | Coalition building | When groups or parties work together to accomplish a common goal in government | 11 | |
| 9259354116 | iron triangle | A close relationship between an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group | 12 | |
| 9259354117 | standing committee | A permanent committee established in a legislature, usually focusing on a policy area | 13 | |
| 9259354118 | select committee | A temporary legislative committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose.(formed to investigate issues) | 14 | |
| 9259354119 | joint committee | legislative committee composed of members of both houses (permanent and based on a few policy areas) | 15 | |
| 9259354120 | conference committee | special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and Senate | 16 | |
| 9259354121 | Congressional Oversight | The power of congress to monitor the executive branch's implementation of laws and to hold hearings in committees to investigate problems | 17 | |
| 9259354122 | Legislative veto | A resolution by congress that overrides rules made by an executive agency to enforce a law | 18 | |
| 9259354123 | Congressional caucus | A group of members of congress who share a certain interest or belief and have common legislative goals | 19 | |
| 9259354124 | Congressional research service | Run by library of congress. Helps fulfill congressional requests for research for bills | 20 | |
| 9259354125 | Government Accountability Office | Involved in oversight of executive branch | 21 | |
| 9259354126 | Congressional Budget Office | Congressional agency responsible for analyzing the president's proposed budget., congressional spending and projects economy performance | 22 | |
| 9259354127 | Bill | A legally drafted proposal for a law | 23 | |
| 9259354128 | Rules Committee | Puts the bill on the calendar, sets up time limits for debate, rules for amending bill | 24 | |
| 9259354129 | Pocket veto | Put bill aside for 10 days; done by president | 25 | |
| 9259354130 | Trustee | Vote according to personal beliefs and convictions | 26 | |
| 9259354131 | Delegate | Vote according to the desires of their constituents | 27 | |
| 9259354132 | Partisan | Vote according to political party's stance on an issue | 28 | |
| 9259354133 | Plurality | Having more votes than an opponent but less than majority | 29 | |
| 9259354134 | Single member plurality system | The candidate who gets more votes than opponent wins: you don't need a majority vote to win | 30 | |
| 9259354135 | Reapportionment | The reassigning of congressional districts to a state every 10 years | 31 | |
| 9259354136 | Redistricting | The redrawing of districts to reflect reapportioned districts | 32 | |
| 9259354137 | Gerrymandering | manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class. | 33 | |
| 9259354138 | Packing | Technique where votes of one party are packed into one district | 34 | |
| 9259354139 | Cracking | Technique where voters of one party are spread out to prevent them from getting a majority in any district | 35 | |
| 9259354140 | Kidnapping | Drawing an incumbent out of their old district to prevent their re-election | 36 | |
| 9259354141 | Hijacking | Forcing two incumbents of the same party into one district to fight for one seat | 37 | |
| 9259354142 | Bleaching | Drawing districts to keep minority's populations from having a majority in any district | 38 | |
| 9259354143 | Incumbent | Politicians currently in office | 39 | |
| 9259354144 | consituent | People incumbents represent | 40 | |
| 9259354145 | franking privilege | Official congressional mail sent to constituents that is paid by taxpayers | 41 | |
| 9259354146 | Casework | Intervention members of congress provide their individual constituents | 42 | |
| 9259354147 | Pork barrel spending | Projects or grants that directly benefit a congress person's district or state | 43 |
