A tax an individual pays directly to the government.
Direct Tax
100
These are proposed laws
Bills
100
the member from the majority party who has served longest on a committee receives the chairmanship
Seniority Rule
100
provision that bears little relativity to a bill, an add on
Rider
200
The process of charging officials in the executive and legislative branches with wrongdoing and bringing them to trial.
Impeachement
200
Article 1 Section 8 of the constitution that outlines the commerce powers granted to congress
Commerce Clause
200
The presiding officer of the House of Representatives. A member of the house, he/she is elected by the majority party.
Speaker of the House
200
Ceremonial position for the vice president of the United States
President of the Senate
200
Usually reserved for the most important votes, in which each member is required to publicly state his or her vote
Roll-Call Vote
300
The people of a particular geographic area who are represented in a lawmaking body.
Constituents
300
A condition in which government revenues are lower than expenses
Deficit
300
The drawing of district boundaries for political advantage
Gerrymandering
300
Occurs when a senator from either party opposes a measure or a bill, and can take the floor and refuse to stop talking to delay or prevent a vote.
Filibuster
300
All members of the house become part of an enormous committee
Committee of the whole
400
the distribution of seats in the House of Representatives among the states.
Apportionment
400
The legal process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen
Naturalization
400
A meeting of all the House members from a particular party held to elect party officers
Party Caucus
400
Person who presides over the senate in the absense of the President of the Senate. By tradition, this falls to the longest serving senator from the majority party
President Pro Tempore
400
Members are chosen from both houses, and decide how to iron out the differences between the house's version of a bill and the senate's.
Conference Committee
500
A congressional act or a bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose
Appropriation
500
Law that criminalize an action that took place in the past and that was legal at the time.
Ex post fact laws
500
The Redistribution of seats in the House of Representatives among the states based on the results of the census.
Reapportionment
500
Most powerful position in the senate. Chosen by a vote from the majority party
Senate Majority Leader
500
Minimum number of members needed to legally conduct business