congress vocab quiz 2024

Congress's power to monitor and review executive actions.

• Floor Consideration

• Special Session

• Oversight Function

• Gerrymander

Proposed laws presented for debate in Congress.

• Floor Consideration

• Prorogue

• Recess

• Bills

formal agreeements between nations

• Oversight function

• Apportionment

• treaties

• Adjourn

representatives who vote strictly along party lines

• partisan

• Packing

• Adjourn

• Apportionment

Representatives who vote according to constituents' wishes.

• Partisans

• Trustees

• Delegates

• Session

length of time Congress operates between elections

• session

• reapportionment

• term

• prorogue

Definition: Period during which Congress meets to conduct business.

• Convene

• Recess

• Session

• Term

Debate and voting on a bill by Congress members.

• Special Session

• Term

• Oversight Function

• Floor Consideration

Right of Congress members to send mail free.

• Adjourn

• Prorogue

• Franking Privilege

• Reapportionment

Short break during a session of Congress.

• Term

• Recess

• Special Session

• Session