Chapter 5 TEST Review

Removal of a member of Congress for serious misconduct

• censure

• expulsion

• treason

• cloture

Process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party

• sketching

• boundary lines

• gerrymandering

• political districts

Method of delaying action on a bill in the Senate by making long speeches

• censure

• stonewalling

• gerrymandering

• filibuster

A lawmaking body of two houses

• bilateral houses

• parliament

• bicameral legislature

• joint committee

A refusal by the president or a governor to sign a bill

• veto

• cancellation

• refusal

• presidential power

To accuse an office holder of official misconduct

• expulsion

• veto

• impeach

• treason

Proposed law being considered by a lawmaking body

• earmark

• bill

• filibuster

• proposal

Formal disapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by the other members

• immunity

• impeach

• censure

• expulsion

An act that betrays or endangers one's country

• impeachment

• expulsion

• censure

• treason

Person who presides over the House of Representatives when it is in session

• president pro-tempore

• floor leader

• majority leader

• Speaker of the House