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Unit #2 The Legislative Branch
Chapter #7 Congress at Work
VOCABULARY
WORD BANK
sponsor
concurrent resolution
pocket veto
public bill
interest group
override
private bill
bipartisan
case work
rider
pigeon hole
pork-barrel legislation
simple resolution
quorum
logrolling
joint resolution
compromise bill
SCORE
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5
Read the definitions below. Using the vocabulary words found in the word bank above, write the word that the definition
is describing in the blank provided.
VOCABULARY WORD
DEFINITION
An amendment to a bill that does not have anything to do with the subject of the bill
Passed by both house of Congress and is not signed by the president and is not law
Senators or representatives who introduce a bill
A bill that is a combination of the House of Representatives and Senate version of that
bill
A veto achieved when the president holds a bill for ten days and Congress adjourns
during those ten days
A decision passed by both houses of Congress that deals with a special case
A bill that deals with an issue of general interest and that applies to the entire nation
A decision that only concerns the Senate or the House of Representatives
To pass over
A majority
A bill that deals with an issue of interest only to certain people and places
When senators or representatives promise to support one another’s pork-barrel bills
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When a senator or a representative sponsors a bill that only benefits that senator or
representative’s constituents
A group made up of people who share common ideas and come together to influence
government policy
To not act on a bill so that it will die
Problems that constituents have with federal agencies
Two-party effort