4.1-4.2 Review (Legislative Branch Intro)

Match the following

• politicos

• lawmakers who attempt to balance the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles

• delegates

• lawmakers who vote based on what "the folks back home" (constituents) want

• trustees

• lawmakers who vote based on their conscience and judgment, not the views of their constituents

• partisans

• a voting member of a community or organization having the power to elect people to represent them

• constituent

• lawmakers who vote based on their conscience and judgment, not the views of their constituents

Match the following

• floor consideration

• review by legislative committees of the policies and programs of the executive branch

• oversight function

• a proposed law presented to a legislative body for consideration

• bill

• benefit allowing members of Congress to mail letters and other materials postage-free

• franking privilege

• to adjourn (president)

• prorogue

• the process by which proposed laws are considered and acted upon by the full membership of the House or Senate

Match the following

• term

• a time when both houses of Congress temporarily suspend business

• adjourn

• two-year period of time during which Congress meets

• recess

• period of time each year during which Congress assembles and conducts business

• convene

• to begin a new session of Congress

• session

• suspend/end, as in a session of Congress

Match the following

• at-large

• the people and interests that an elected official represents

• constituencies

• • electoral district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office

• reapportion

• redistribute, as in seats in a legislative body

• apportion

• distributed, as in seats in a legislative body

• single-member district

• election of an officeholder by the voters of an entire governmental unit (state or country) rather than by the voters of a district or subdivision

Match the following

• off-year elections

• an extraordinary session of a legislative body, called to deal with an emergency situation

• incumbent

• • governing unit (United States Senate) whose seats are never all up for election at the same time

• special session

• congressional election that occurs between presidential election years

• continuous body

• the current officeholder

• gerrymandering

• the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a political party or group

A majority of the members of Congress are white women

• True

• False

A majority of the members of Congress possess considerable political experience, with typical representatives serving multiple terms

• True

• False

A majority of the members of Congress are married Catholics

• True

• False

Many senators serve a second term, with some transitioning from the House

• True

• False

Women's representation began to increase in the 1980s but remains around a quarter of congressional seats

• True

• False