| A | B |
|---|
| term | 2 year period of time when congress meets |
| session | period of time during which, each year, Congress assembles and conducts business |
| adjourn | to suspend, as in a session of Congress |
| gerrymander | the drawing of district lines to the advantage of a party or group |
| constituency | the people and interests that an elected official represents |
| partisan | a lwamaker that owes their alliance to his/her party and votes according to party lines |
| franking privilege | a benefit that allows members of Congress to mail letters/materials postage free |
| executive branch | executes or acrries out the laws |
| juducial branch | judges the laws, do they follow the Constitution |
| legislative branch | creates or writes the laws |
