Legislative Branch

An elected official already in office, running for re-election

• Fillibuster

• Incumbent

• Constituent

• Majority

Small groups in Congress formed to consider bills are called

• Lobbyists

• Constituents

• Committees

• Majority Party

A formal charge against a government official is:

• Filibuster

• Impeachment

• Ordinance

• Override

The people represented by members of a law-making body are called...

• Constituents

• Filibuster

• Congress

• Committees

Delaying action on a bill by making a long speech is known as a:

• Lobbyist

• Veto

• Filibuster

• Override

A person who tries to influence members of Congress to pass certain laws are called...

• Filibuster

• Committees

• Lobbyists

• Gerrymandering

A president's power to reject a bill passed is called a...

• constituent

• override

• impeachment

• veto

The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group is called

• gerrymandering

• reapportion

• filibuster

• conference committee

The length of time a person can serve in office is called a...

• veto

• term

• committee

• session

Before it becomes a law it starts out as a....

• override

• constituent

• veto

• bill