1. Chapter 5 vocabulary review The first slide is the definition, the next will be the key term.

2. Committees made up of member of both the House & Senate

3. JOINT COMMITTEES Committees made up of member of both the House & Senate

4. Committees that continue from one Congress to the next

5. STANDING COMMITTEE Committees that continue from one Congress to the next

6. Temporary committees that study only 1 issue

7. SELECT COMMITTEE Temporary committees that study only 1 issue

8. Temporary committee set up to work out the differences when the House & Senate pass different versions of a bill

9. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Temporary committee set up to work out the differences when the House & Senate pass different versions of a bill

10. system that gives the majority member with the longest continuous service on the committee the leadership of that committee

11. SENIORITY SYSTEM system that gives the majority member with the longest continuous service on the committee the leadership of that committee

12. to continue to talk until enough members of the Senate either give up the bill or agree to modify (change) it

13. FILIBUSTER to continue to talk until enough members of the Senate either give up the bill or agree to modify (change) it

14. minimum # of members needed for a vote

15. QUORUM minimum # of members needed for a vote

16. The list of bills that is up for consideration

17. CALENDAR The list of bills that is up for consideration

18. a proposed law

19. BILL a proposed law

20. people of the districts that House members represent

21. CONSTITUENTS people of the districts that House members represent

22. closed meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

23. CAUCUS closed meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

24. assistant floor leaders in Congress

25. WHIPS assistant floor leaders in Congress

26. The Speaker of the House’s top assistant

27. MAJORITY LEADER The Speaker of the House’s top assistant

28. members already in office

29. INCUMBENTS members already in office

30. statewide

31. AT-LARGE statewide

32. vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions

33. CENSURE vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions

34. When the political party in power draws the state’s districts’ boundaries to gain an advantage in elections

35. GERRYMANDER When the political party in power draws the state’s districts’ boundaries to gain an advantage in elections

36. determining the new # of representatives that each state has

37. REAPPORTIONMENT determining the new # of representatives that each state has

38. population count

39. CENSUS population count

40. the process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment

41. REDISTRICTING the process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment

42. Meetings, of Congress

43. SESSIONS Meetings, of Congress