Civics Test

Census

• a lawmaker

• counting a state's population

• a draft of a law/policy

• an opinion piece

The manipulation of electoral district boundaries to get an advantage in an election.

Party with more seats in legislature

party with less seats in legislature

standing committee

• a permanent committee in legislature

• committee of people standing

• a committee that only exists for special occasions.

• committee for the military

franking privilege

• the ability to mail things for free if you work in a post office

• the ability as president to tweak the wording in laws

• the ability to be presidentially pardoned

• the ability to send mail via signature instead of stamps

people who represent different organizations who try to sway a politician's vote or decision

local projects funded by taxes that we don't directly see

joint resolution

• when two laws combine to make one

• when a peace treaty is made in war

• a compromise between lawmakers

• something passed by both the house and senate

a provision added to a bill