| A | B |
|---|
| bicameral | a two-house legislature |
| constituent | people in the districts and states being represented by Congress |
| gerrymandering | diving a state into oddly shaped districts for political reasons |
| franking privilege | right to send job related mail without paying postage |
| immunity | legal protection |
| expulsion | being forced to leave office |
| censure | formal disapproval |
| session | congress caries out its work in two of these |
| filibuster | the use of long speeches to prevent a vote on a bill |
| cloture | agreement to end debate on a bill |
| Congress | law making branch of government |
| bill | a proposed law |
| impeach | to formally accuse a high official with a serious crime |
| census | an official count of the population taken every 10 years |
| recessions | vacations |
| Minority party | the party with fewer members |
| majority party | the party with more members |
