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| 8577395241 | incumbents | those individuals who already hold office who are running for reelection. they usually win the election | 0 | |
| 8577418743 | casework/ constituent services | activities of members of congress that help constituents as individuals, particularly by cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to get | 1 | |
| 8577442094 | pork barrel | federal projects, grants, and contracts available to state and local governments, businesses, colleges, and other institutions in a congressional district | 2 | |
| 8577453744 | bicameral legislature | a legislature divided into houses. congress and all state legislatures except Nebraska's are this | 3 | |
| 8577467287 | House Rules Committee | the committee in the House that reviews most bills coming from a House committee before they go to the full house | 4 | |
| 8577477750 | filibuster | a strategy only in the Senate where opponents of a piece of legislation use their right to unlimited debate to prevent the Senate form ever voting on a bill | 5 | |
| 8577494285 | Speaker of the House | an office mandated by the Constitution. example: Paul Ryan | 6 | |
| 8577507770 | majority leader | the principle partisan all of the Speaker of the House or the majority party's manager in the Senate. responsible for scheduling bills, influencing committee assignments, and rounding up votes on behalf of the party's legislative positions | 7 | |
| 8577524999 | whip | party leaders who work with the majority leader to count voted beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to the passage of a favored bill | 8 | |
| 8577538103 | minority leader | principal leader of the minority part in the House or Senate | 9 | |
| 8577546240 | standing committees | committees in each house of Congress that handle bills in different policy areas | 10 | |
| 8577550045 | joint committees | committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership drawn from both houses | 11 | |
| 8577558592 | conference committees | committees formed when the Senate and the House pass a bill in different forms. members create a compromise bill | 12 | |
| 8577569201 | select committees | committees appointed for a specific purpose, such as the Watergate investigation | 13 | |
| 8577580965 | oversight | congress's monitoring of the executive branch bureaucracy and its administration of policy, performed mainly through committee hearings | 14 | |
| 8577600949 | committee chairs | leader of committees who schedule hearings, hiring staff, appointing subcommittees, and managing committee bills when they are brought before the full house; have important influence on the congressional agenda | 15 | |
| 8577621245 | seniority system | a simple rule for picking committee chairs by the member who has served on the committee the longest and whose party controls the chamber becoming chair | 16 | |
| 8577642187 | caucus | a group of members of congress sharing some interest or characteristic | 17 | |
| 8577650035 | bill | a proposed law drafted in legal language | 18 | |
| 8577751042 | bipartisan | of or involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies. | 19 | |
| 8577754847 | Christmas Tree Bill | referring to a bill that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments | 20 | |
| 8577770465 | closed rule | is a procedural maneuver that prohibits any amendments to bills up for a vote on the House floor, unless they are recommended by the committee reporting the bill | 21 | |
| 8577780731 | cloture | a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote. | 22 | |
| 8577788967 | consitutent | being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect | 23 | |
| 8577798868 | delegate | a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference | 24 | |
| 8577806124 | discharge petition | a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee by "discharging" the committee from further consideration of a bill or resolution | 25 | |
| 8577814389 | earmark | a congressional directive that funds should be spent on a specific project | 26 | |
| 8577823062 | Franking Privilege | allows Members of Congress to transmit mail matter under their signature without postage | 27 | |
| 8577835634 | policy generalists | have vague and general ideals on policies | 28 | |
| 8577835635 | policy specialists | particular subject and become a subject matter expert to know about the laws and government in that area | 29 | |
| 8577860904 | open rule | a set of regulations for debate on the floor of the House of Representatives which permits general debate and allows members to offer amendments | 30 | |
| 8577866770 | override | use one's authority to reject or cancel | 31 | |
| 8577874674 | partisan | strong allegiance to one's own political party, often leading to unwillingness to compromise with members of the opposing party | 32 | |
| 8577892413 | party caucus | A meeting of the members of a political party to decide questions of policy | 33 | |
| 8577909331 | pocket veto | A form of veto in which the president fails to sign a bill passed by both houses within ten days and Congress has adjourned during that time | 34 | |
| 8577931990 | president pro tempore | a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president | 35 | |
| 8577937963 | reapportionment | Redistribution of representation in a legislative body, especially the periodic re-allotment of US congressional seats according to changes in the census figures as required by the Constitution | 36 | |
| 8577948870 | redistricting | divide or organize into new political districts | 37 | |
| 8577959153 | resolution | a firm decision to do or not to do something | 38 | |
| 8577963526 | concurrent resolution | a resolution adopted by both houses of a legislative assembly that does not require the signature of the chief executive and that does not have the force of law | 39 | |
| 8577971982 | rider | an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill | 40 | |
| 8577983377 | safe seat | An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other, so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted | 41 | |
| 8577991698 | senatorial courtesy | a system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidate's state before formally submitting it for full senate approval | 42 | |
| 8577999471 | trustee | congressmen who use their own best interest | 43 | |
| 8578011721 | mark-up | process by which a U.S congressional committee or state legislative session debates, amends, and rewrites proposed legislation | 44 | |
| 8578022209 | logrolling | legislator supports a proposal favored by another in return for support in his or her | 45 | |
| 8578043123 | power, salary, and health benefits | why would someone want to be a congressman? | 46 | |
| 8578052363 | 25 years old and citizen for 7 years | requirements to be a US House representative | 47 | |
| 8578060696 | 30 years old and citizen for 9 years | requirements to be US Senator | 48 | |
| 8578065710 | reside in state | characteristic required for both House and Senate members | 49 | |
| 8578072892 | no | is the makeup of congress proportional to American society? | 50 | |
| 8578076901 | no | are men and women seen equally in elections? | 51 | |
| 8578088914 | election of incumbent | what is the most predictable aspect of congressional elections? | 52 | |
| 8578103158 | yes | are incumbents successful in reelection bids? | 53 | |
| 8578108377 | scandal/corruption, gerrymandering, and party favor flips | when are incumbents most vulnerable at election time? | 54 | |
| 8578123248 | senate | is filibustering in the Senate or House? | 55 | |
| 8578130052 | House Rules Committee in the House and filibustering in the Senate | what is a major difference in passing a bill between senate and House | 56 | |
| 8578139356 | conference, joint, standing, special/select | name all the committees in congress | 57 | |
| 8578151037 | long term | are standing committees long term or short term? | 58 | |
| 8578158584 | both | are joint committees long term or short term? | 59 | |
| 8578165547 | short term | are conference committees long term or short term? | 60 | |
| 8578173073 | long term | are special/ select committees long term or short term? | 61 | |
| 8578186226 | anyone | who can write a bill? | 62 | |
| 8578188030 | an elected member | who can purpose a bill to congress? | 63 | |
| 8578193226 | white house and interest groups | where does congress get ideas for bills? | 64 | |
| 8578227142 | polarized politics | refers to the divergence of political attitudes to ideological extremes |  | 65 |
| 8578250712 | listen, ignore, or ideology | what are the three "roles" legislators can play when deciding their position on a policy? | 66 | |
| 8578262360 | lobbyists | former congress members who take part in trying to influence legislators | 67 | |
| 8578272784 | 435 | how many representatives in the House? | 68 | |
| 8578277199 | 100 | how many senators? | 69 | |
| 8578282660 | descriptive representation | representing constituents by reflecting their personal, politically relevant characteristics | 70 | |
| 8578288933 | substantive representation | speak for the interests of groups to which they do not belong | 71 | |
| 8578300828 | childcare, bias, consideration of risk | why are there not more women running/elected for congress? | 72 | |
| 8578312992 | advertising, credit claiming, position taking, weak opponents, and campaign spending | name the five advantages of incumbency | 73 | |
| 8578332014 | when an incumbent is not running | when does the most overturn occur? | 74 | |
| 8578337938 | the House | where do bills dealing with revenue originate? | 75 | |
| 8578346500 | 60 | how many votes are required for cloture? | 76 | |
| 8589489365 | by the majority party | how is the Speaker of the House elected? | 77 | |
| 8589497452 | vice president | who is president of the senate? | 78 | |
| 8589503624 | majority leader | who is the most powerful leader in the senate? | 79 | |
| 8589511958 | ways and means committee | committee that deals with taxes for the House | 80 | |
| 8589519369 | rules committee | committee that creates rule for the House | 81 | |
| 8598136750 | what do my constituents want? | what do delegates think of when they are participating in law? | 82 | |
| 8598155941 | combonation | what do politicos think of when they are participating in law? | 83 |
