8 Legislative Branch

Groups of people who work together for similar interests or goals.

• Constituents

• Census

• Interest Groups

A plan for raising and spending money.

• Constituents

• Budget

• Census

A population survey that is taken every ten years.

• Constituents

• Budget

• Census

The people that members of Congress represents are known as

• Constituents

• Budget

• Census

Laws that convicts a person of a crime without trial are called

• Bills of Attainder

• Budget

• Census

The local area of a state that a member of the House represents is known as a

• Bills of Attainder

• Congressional District

• Census

Who usually acts as the Senate's presiding officer?

• Floor Leaders

• Speaker of the House

• Vice President of the United States

Which committee is always made up of members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives?

• Joint Committee's

• Standing Committees

• Senate Committees

What official serves as president of the Senate when the Vice President is absent?

• Whips

• President Pro Tempore

• Speaker of the House

Who is the most powerful member of the House of Representatives?

• Whips

• President Pro Tempore

• Speaker of the House