US Congress

Allows a majority of representatives to force a bill out of committee and onto the full House floor for a vote.

• franking privilege

• discharge petition

• markup

• fillibuster

Chamber of Congress with the power to file charges of impeachment.

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Both

Already holding political office.

• franking

• incumbency

• gerrymandered

• caucus

Allotting congressional seats to each state according to its proportion of the population.

• gerrymandering

• apportionment

• redistricting

• franking

Legislation that allows congressmen to bring money and jobs to their districts or states.

• pork

• earmarks

• reconciliation

• appropriations

Only allowing a maximum of 20 hours of debate on all issues affecting the national budget.

• appropriations

• reconciliation

• earmarks

• trustees

Redrawing congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district.

• redistricting

• gerrymandering

• apportionment

• representation

Committee to which all proposed bills in the House and Senate are referred.

• standing

• joint

• conference

• select

Preventing a vote on a bill in the Senate with long speeches and unlimited debate.

• filibuster

• cloture

• discharge petition

• hold

A senator asks to be informed of a bill before it is brought to the full floor.

• cloture

• hold

• filibuster

• markup