| A | B |
|---|
| Legislative Oversight | Congress checking to make sure the executive branch is enforcing the laws |
| Census | Population count |
| Incumbent | Current office holder seeking reelection |
| Veto | Rejection of a bill by the president |
| Pocket Veto | President kills a bill passed during the last 10 days Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it |
| Gerrymandering | Drawing a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in election |
| Override | Check on the president by the legislature |
| Committee | Divided into standing, conference, and select |
| Standing | Permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of isues |
| Cloture | Stops a filibuster |
| Minority leader | Leader of the party out-of-power in Congress |
| Perjury | Lying under oath to Congress or a court |
| Pork barrel | Federal money secured by a representative for local projects; often criticized as a wast of taxpayer money |
| Whips | Assists majority and minority leaders |
| Majority party | Standing committees in the House are controlled by which party |
| Joint committees | These committees act as study groups for the House and Senate |
| Redistricting | The process of setting up new congressional districts after reapportionment is called |
| Constituents | People in districts represented in Congress are called |
| Speaker of the House | The presiding officer of the House of Representatives is the |
| Vice President | President of the Senate |
| Conference Committee | If the House and the Senate pass different versions of the same bill, which committee works to compromise the House and senate versions of bills |
| Select Committee | Which temporary congressional committee works to resolve the issues listed in the graphic organizer |
| Expressed (Enumerated) Powers | Powers of Congress directly listed in the Constitution are known as |
| Necessary and Proper Clause (Implied Powers) | What implies that Congress has powers beyond those expressed in the first 17 clauses of Article I, Section 8 |
