Order
Suspend, as in a session of Congress
What is adjourn?
A proposed law presented to a legislative body for consideration
What is a bill?
Congressmen are elected to terms of this many years
What are two?
Congressmen must be this age or older
What is twenty-five years?
Senators are elected to terms of this many years
What is six?
Two-year period of time during which Congress meets
What is a term?
Lawmaker who owes his or her first allegiance to his or her political party and votes according to the party line
What is a partisan?
A time when both houses of Congress temporarily suspend business
What is recess?
A representative, members of Congress who cast votes based on the wishes of their constituents (In Virginia, lower House members are called this)
What is a delegate?
This term means the current officeholder
What is an incumbent?
The drawing of electoral district line to the advantage of a party or group
What is gerrymandering?
Every state has this many senators
What is two?
Period of time during which, each year, Congress assembles and conducts business
What is a session?
Lawmaker who attempts to balance the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles. Essentially, this person tries to serve both their constituency and their political party (Example: Joe Manchin in West Virginia).
What is a politico?
To begin a new session of Congress
What is convene?
An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers
What is bicameral?
Congressional election that occurs between presidential election years
What is an off-year election?
Electoral district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office
What is a single-member district?
The people and interests that an elected official represents
What is constituency?
An extraordinary session of a legislative body, called to deal with an emergency situation
What is a special session?
Lawmaker who votes based on his or her conscience and judgment, not the views of his or her constituents. (Example: Tom Perriello)
What is a trustee?
Adjourn, as in a legislative session
What is a prorogue?
Election of an officeholder by the voters of an entire governmental unit (such as a state and country) rather than by the voters of a district or subdivision
What is an at-large election?
A congressman must be a citizen for this many years before serving
What is seven?
Redistribute, as in seats in a legislative body. Results from the Census, conducted every ten years, determine the number of legislative seats in the House of Representatives.
What is reapportion?
Governing unit whose seats are never all up for election at the same time
What is a continuous body?
Review by legislative committees of the policies and programs of the executive branch
What is oversight function?
The process by which proposed laws are considered and acted upon by the full membership of the House or Senate
What is floor consideration?
Benefit allowing members of Congress to mail letters and other materials postage-free.
What is a franking privilege?
Name the three requirements of a Congressman in order to serve. You must name all three for credit
Older than 25 years old, citizen for more than 7 years, be an inhabitant in the state your district is in.
Distribute, as in seats in a legislative body
What is apportion?
What are the three qualifications for being a senator? You must name all three for credit.
30 years old or older, citizen for 9 years or longer, live in the state you wish to represent