Congress: Chapter 11

Steps to become a law

-introduced into house/senate -referred to house/senate committee -referred to subcommittee -reported by full committee -committee on rules full house/senate debates and vote -conference committee -house/senate approval -given to president (10 days to sign)

Senates

100

Gerrymandering

Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.

Bicameralism

Two house legislature

bill

a proposed law

veto power

presidential power to stop a bill from becoming a law by rejecting it

Redistricting

redrawing of congressional district boundaries by the party in power of the state legislature

law/legislation

the act of making or enacting laws

Executive Branch

the branch of government that carries out laws

Judicial Branch

the branch of government that interprets laws

Legislative Branch

the branch of government that makes the laws

House of Representatives

the lower legislative house of the United States Congress; 435 members