Unit 4 Vocabulary – Congress
1. single-member districts
27. district staff
2. incumbent
28. impeachment
3. constituent
29. “Advice & Consent”
4. congressional caucus (not party or
nominating)
30. pigeonholing
5. standing committee
32. pork-barrel legislation
6. conference committee
33. quorum
7. joint committee
34. franking privilege
8. select committee
35. gerrymandering
9. Rules Committee
36. redistricting
10. Appropriations Committee
37. reapportionment
11. Ways & Means Committee
38. malapportionment
12. Congressional Budget Office
39. safe district
13. Congressional Research Service
40. seniority system
14. Government Accountability Office
41. term limits
15. closed rules
42. party polarization
16. open rules
43. divided government
17. “marking up”
44. Speaker of the House
18. concurrent resolution
45. President Pro Tempore
19. discharge petition
46. President of the Senate
20. revenue bills
47. Majority Leader of House/Minority
Leader of the House
21. veto vs. pocket veto
22. “elastic clause”
31. logrolling
23. filibuster
48. Majority Leader of Senate/Minority
Leader of the Senate
24. cloture
49. Majority Whip/Minority Whip
25. gridlock
50. Gerrymandering
26. committee staff
51. reapportionment vs. redistricting