| A | B |
|---|
| Senator Smith's favorite monument | Lincoln Memorial |
| Total number of senators | 100 |
| Total number of representatives | 435 |
| Bicameral | consisting of two legislative bodies |
| Pigeonhole | to set aside without considering |
| Clarissa | Saunder's first name |
| Division of the House | to ask for a roll call vote |
| Senator Smith's bill | To create a boys camp |
| Presiding officer of the Senate | Vice President or President Pro Tem |
| Presiding officer of the House | Speaker |
| First step for a bill | Sent to committee |
| Last step for a bill | Sent to the President |
| Quorum | number of members necessary to conduct business |
| Party Whip | Person who tries to influence members of his/her own party to vote together |
| Ex Post Facto laws | Laws which affect something that has already happened |
| Parliamentary Procedure | Robert's Rules of Order |
| Bills which require money (appropriations) | Begin in the House |
| Abstain | Choosing not to vote |
| Debate in the Senate | Unlimited |
| Current Speaker of the House | Nancy Pelosi |
| Senators from Tennessee | Alexander and Corker |
| Ad Hoc Committee | Set up to do special jobs |
| Cloture | Method of stopping a filibuster |
| Yield | To give up the floor |
| Page | Young person who assists Congress |
| Franking Privilege | Right of a member of Congress to send official mail at no cost |
| Reactionary | Extreme conservative |
| Radical | Extreme liberal |
| Left-wing | Liberal |
| Right-wing | Conservative |
| Roll Call Vote | Each member's name is called individually |
| Pocket Veto | Killing a bill by not signing it for 10 days when Congress is not in session |
| Standing committee | Permanent committe who specialzes in one area |
| Constituents | People who live in the district of a representative or senator |
| Gerrymandering | Dividing into odd-shaped districts for political reasons |
| Impeach | To accuse a government official of wrongdoing |
| Voice Vote | Yeas and nays |
| "Call the previous question" | To force an immediate vote |
| A motion | Begins or initiates an action |
| Term of office for a Senator | Six years |
