Vocab. Legislative Branch

to have a government position in which you speak or act for a particular group, state, etc.

• represent

• issue

• vote

• testimony

relating to the country and the people who live there (opposite of the city)

• urban

• district

• values

• rural

relating to cities & the people who live in them

• rural

• demographics

• constituents

• urban

an area or section of astate that Representatives are elected from

• suburban

• district

• constituents

• bill

the qualities (such as age, gender, income, etc.) of a specific group of people

• testimony

• district

• hearing

• demographics

a rough draft of a law

• bill

• veto

• bicameral

• testimony

a way of reaching an agreement where people give up part of what they want

• testimony

• represent

• hearing

• compromise

a meeting or session where someone speaks about an issue to Congress

• supermajority

• hearing

• demographics

• compromise

to think about or talk about something very carefully in order to make a decision

• testimony

• urban

• issue

• deliberate

when greater than half of Congress members agree - commonly 2/3rds or 3/4ths

• supermajority

• rural

• hearing

• deliberation