The legislative branch voc.

Bicameral legislature = a two-chamber legislature ( house of rep. and senate)

Census = A vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions

reapportionment = the process of massaging representation based on population, after every census

redistricting = to set up new distinct lines after reapportionment is complete

gerrymandering = to draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections

incumbents = elected official who is already in office

constituents = a person whom a member of congress has been selected to represent

majority leader = the speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party legislative program and to steer essential bills through the house

whip = an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature

bill = a proposed law

quorum = the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action

President pro tempore = the senate member elected by the senate who stands in as president of the senate in the absence of the vice president

filibuster = a method of drafting a bill in the senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote

cloture resolution = a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one house on an account under debate