Ch. 5 Vocab

Bicameral Legislature

• holder of office or post

• a type of legislature divided into two separate assemblies

• a member of a political party

• a procedure for ending a debate/taking a vote

Session

• annul series of meetings of congress

• severe disapproval

• head of a majority party in a legislative body

• small legislative committee for a special purpose

Census

• member of political party

• manipulates boundaries of an electoral constituency

• employed by a government agency

• official count or survey of population

Reapportionment

• divide or organize an area into new political or school districts

• head of a majority party in a legislative body

• process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed

• give legal or constitutional form to an institution by the law

Redistrict

• holder of office or post

• small legislative committee for a special purpose

• composed of some members of a larger committee

• divide or organize an area into new political or school districts

Gerrymander

• express sever disapproval

• manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency

• procedure ending in a debate and taking a vote

• permanent committee that meets regularly

Censure

• series of meetings of congress

• express severe disapproval

• member of a political party

• holder of office or post

Incumbent

• head of a majority party in a legislative body

• permanent committee for a special purpose

• holder of an office or post

Caucus

• legal or constitutional form to an institution established by the law

• procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote

• high ranking senator of the majority party who presides the U.S senate in absence of the vice president

• A meeting which local members of a political party register their preferences among the candidates running

Majority leader

• head of the majority party in a legislative body

• member of a political party

• holder of a post or office

• high ranking senator