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Diana Blanutsa Chapter 10 1. Founders clearly INTENDED congress TO BE THE DOMINANT BRANCH OF government. They LAID OUT IT'S ROLE IN aRTICLE 1. congress WOULD DOMINATE THE PRESIDENCY - BECAUSE mADISON SAID THEY BELEIVED IT HAS " ACESS TO THE POCKES of the people." 2. Reapportionment - The process of redistributing the 435 seats in the House of Representatives among the states based on population changes; occurs every 10 years based on the most recent census. The process of redrawing the boundaries of congressional districts within a state after a census to take account of population shifts. A congressional district whose boundaries are drawn so as to maximize the political advantage of a party or racial group; often such a district has a bizarre shape. 3.Pork Barrel - Funding for special projects, buildings, and other public works in the district or state of a member of Congress. Members support such projects because they provide jobs for constituents and enhance the members’ reelection chances, rather than because the projects are necessarily wise. 4.Speaker of the House –The leader and presiding officer of the House of Representatives; chosen by the majority party. 5.Commetee govermnet – wich deside wich bills were to come to the floore for debate. Seniority Rule - The custom that the member of the majority party with the longest service on a particular congressional committee becomes its chair; applies most of the time but is occasionally violated. 6.Senate flibustiere- A mechanism for delay in the Senate in which one or more members engage in a continuous speech to prevent the Senate from voting on a bill. Cloture - A method of stopping a filibuster by limiting debate to only 20 more hours; requires a vote of three-fifths of the members of the Senate. 9 .% of women is 51 % House 17% Senate 16%