| A | B |
|---|
| Private Bill | A bill only applies to certain persons or places (New Orleans after Katrina, or New York City after 9/11.) |
| Public Bill | A bill that applies to the whole country (ex. taxes) |
| Rider | An addition to a bill |
| Pidgeonhole | To kill a bill |
| Filibuster | A strategy the Senate can use to talk for a really long time to prevent a vote on a bill |
| Veto | When the President kills a bill |
| Pocket Veto | If the president does not sign a bill for 10 ten days, and the bill dies |
| Page | Youth, a helper to a congressmen |
| Majority Leader | Leader of the political party in charge |
| Minority Leader | Leader of the political party not in charge |
| President Pro Tempore | Fills in as president of the senate when he is absent |
| Vice President | President of the Senate |
| Committee | Place a bill goes after it is introduced in either the House or the Senate. It also deals with specific issues |
| Gerrymander | To make district lines to the advantage of the political party in charge |
| Constituents | People one represents |
| senior Senator | More experienced senator |
| junior Senator | Less experienced senator |
