| A | B |
|---|
| people members of Congress represent | Constituents |
| proposed law | Bill |
| people who work together for similar interests or goals | Interest Groups |
| people who work for an interest group | Lobbyists |
| the area that a member of Congress represents | Congressional Districts |
| organizations of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office | Political Party |
| population count every 10 years | Census |
| a plan for raising and spending money | Budget |
| a bill that convicts a person of a crime without a trial | Bill of Attainder |
| a peice of paper requiring that law enforcement bring you to court | Writ of Habeas Corpus |
| make an act a crime then punish people who committed the before the law was passed | Ex post facto |
| presiding officer of the House of Representatives | Speaker of the House |
| presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice-President, longest serving from majority party | President pro tempore |
| officers of the majority and minority parties of each house who guide bills | Floor Leaders |
| President keeps a bill without signing for 10 days during which Congress ends session | Pocket Veto |
| deals with problems not handled by the standing committees | Select Committees |
| special select committee, made up of members of both houses | Joint Committees |
| committees that operate from session to session that recommend action on a bill | Standing Committees |
| made up of members of both house that work out the details of a bill to pass before going to the President | Conference Committees |
| the use of long speeches to block the vote on a bill | Filibuster |
| an agreement of 3/5ths fo the members of the Senate to end the debate about a bill | Cloture |
