Understanding Legislative Processes

Proposed laws

Meetings of party leaders

Temporary congressional committees

People represented by lawmakers

A limit on the debate of a bill in the Senate

A meeting to determine party policy

A law that sentences a person without a trial

A removal from an institution

Temporary congressional committees to reach agreement on different versions of a bill

Meetings of party leaders to determine policy

A strategy to delay a bill

A law that applies to past actions

The necessary and proper clause

The appropriation clause

The cloture clause

The ex post facto clause

A law that applies to an action that occurred before the law was passed

A law that sentences a person without a trial

A strategy to delay a bill

A removal from an institution

Removal of a person from an institution for serious misconduct

A strategy to delay a bill

A formal disapproval of actions

A limit on the debate of a bill

A strategy to delay the passage of a bill

A formal disapproval of actions

A meeting to determine party policy

A law that applies to past actions

To draw district lines

To mail official letters

To work for the passage of bills the party favors

To provide legal protection

Drawing district lines

Mailing official letters or packages free of charge

Providing legal protection

Passing impeachment charges

Legal protection

The right to mail letters

The ability to draw district lines

The power to pass bills