The Legislative Branch

bicameral legislature

• Consisting of two houses in a law-making body

• A double jeopardy which creating laws

• A type of two dips into money making ideas

• An audit given two times a year within legislature

apportioned

• Agreement in which the two houses help each other

• Situation that exists when a country can produce a good better than its trading partners.

• to be distributed, as in the seats in the House of Representatives

• a method of settling differences

Match the following

• meeting of congress

• sessions

• legal protection

• gerrymandering

• The process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party.

• censure

• The formal disapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by the other members.

• expulsion

• The removal of a person from an institution, such as Congress, for serious misconduct.

• immunity

What does "president pro tempore" mean?

party whip

• A political party's specific proposal for legislation

• The assistant to the floor leader in each house of Congress who tries to persuade party members to vote for bills the party supports;

What are caucuses?

• A method of settling disputes between parties

• Meetings of congress

• Meeting of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party's candidates for public offices.

• Investments that reduce risks to Legislature.