| A | B |
|---|
| Partisan | Votes according to the wishes of his or her party's leaders. |
| Trustee | Decides how to vote based on his or her own judgment on the issue. |
| Delegate | Votes to represent the views of constituents back home. |
| Politico | Combines the views of constituents, wishes of party leaders, his or her own views, and the political pressures of the moment |
| Bicameral Legislature | Legislative body make of two houses. |
| Senate | Qualifications and expectations are higher because they are less members and they serve for a longer period. |
| House of Representatives | Larger house of Congress, their term is only two years. |
| Theoretical Reason | The framers decided in a bicameral legislature in order that one house might act as a check on the other. |
| Historical Reason | The framers decided in a bicameral legislature because the British Parliament had consisted of two houses since the 1300. They knew that system of government. |
| Practical Reason | The framers decided in a bicameral legislature to settle the conflict between the larger states backing the Virginia Plan with representation based on population, and the smallest states backing the New Jersey Plan with equal representation for all states. |
| Census | A count of the population every ten years to determine representation in Congress. |
| Adjourn | To bring a meeting to an end. |
