Civics Unit 2A Vocab

David Rouzer

-1 of 14 NC Representatives

-elected in 2014

-on House Agriculture Committee

Thom Tillis

-NC senator

-elected in 2014

-senate Judiciary Committee

Ted Budd

-NC Junior Senator

-Elected in 2022

-On senate Armed Forces Committee

Mike Johnson

-Speaker of the House

-2nd in line for Presidency

Patty Murray

-President Pro Tempore

-3rd in line for presidency

-temporary vice president in their absence

Congressional Committee

Group of legislators debating, altering, and approving bills

Standing Committees

Permanent committees in the HoR/Senate

• HoR: 20 Committees

• Senate: 16 Committees

Select Committees

Temporary committees in the HoR/Senate

• HoR: 5 committees

• Senate: 4 Committees

Conference Committees

Temporary committees made of the HoR and senate to discuss bills

House Ways and Means Committee

In the House, determines tax policies

Filibuster

Obstructive tactic used in Senate to block/delay a vote on a bill

Motion for Cloture

Called when minority party is filibustering, forces floor to vote on a bill

Advice and Consent

Approve presidential appointments

Majority Leader

Voted in by party caucus

• HoR: organizes agenda

• Senate: lead speaker of majority party

Minority Leader

Negotiate with majority party/its leaders, highest ranking members of their party

Caucuses

Legislators with beliefs that form a group surrounding that topic

Partisanship

Acting in ways that benefit your political party only

Bipartisanship

Working in a way that benefits both parties (compromise)

Riders

Provision tacked onto a bill that would likely not pass as its own law

Omnibus Bill

Large bills with multiple riders and hidden appropriations

Pork Barreling/Earmarks

Legislators working to send national funding to their district by adding earmarks to bills

Markup Session

House and Senate meet to form the final version of a bill

Logrolling

Quid-pro quo trading of votes by legislators

Congressional Override

Congress overrides the president’s veto on a bill

Apportionment

Equal balance of population among each congressional district

Gerrymandering

Illogical district lines down with the intention of keeping one party in power

Swing District

Competitive districts that change between democratic and republican

Reapportionment

The reallocation of the 435 seats in the HoR after the Census

Redistricting

Drawing lines to divide each state into districts , redrawn every 10 years

Incumbent

Person currently in office

Term Limits

Amount of times someone can run for office

Baker V. Carr

Lawsuit challenging the apportionment of population in Tennessee districts

Shaw V. Reno

Racial Gerrymandering in NC, attempted to include more diversity