Unit 2: Interactions Among Branches of Government

What is the Senate?

is the upper house of the bicameral U.S. Congress, working alongside the House of Representatives to make and pass federal laws

• There are exactly 100 senators, with exactly two senators representing each U.S state regardless of population

• Serve six-year terms

What is the House of Representatives?

is the lower chamber of the bicameral United States Congress, sharing federal lawmaking authority with the United States Senate

• Seats are divided among the 50 states based on population and reapportioned every 10 years after the U.S. Census. Every state is guaranteed at least one representative.

• Serve two-year terms

What is bicameral legislature?

What is the Speaker of the House?

What is the majority leader?

What is the majority whip?

What is the minority leader?

What is the minority whip?

What is the President of the Senate?

What is the President Pro Tempore?

What are standing committees?

What are select committees?

What are joint committees?

What are Rules Committee?

What is the Committee of the Whole?

What is quorum?

What is discharge petition?

What is cloture?

What is a filibuster?

What is unanimous consent?

What is a hold?

What is mandatory spending?

What is discretionary spending?

What is earmarking?

What is pork barrel?

What is log rolling?

What is trustee model?

What is a delegate model?

What is politico model?

What is gerrymandering?

What is a veto?

What is a pocket veto?

What are executive agreements?

What are executive orders?

What is a signing statement?

What is a bully pulpit?

What is a jurisdiction?

What is a precedent?

What is judicial activism?

What is judicial restraint?

What is original jurisdiction?

What is bureaucracy?

What is patronage?

What is the rule-making process?

What is rule-making authority?