Congress Terms List

1. Congressional Term 2 years long. Senate serves 6 years. Elected by entered state. Staggered. Numbered consecutively 2. Congressional Session 3. Recess 4. Size of House of Representatives 5. Size of Senate 6. Compensation of Both Houses 7. Qualifications of Both Houses 8. Committee Chairmen 9. Committee System 10. Ways and Means Committee 11. Rules Committee: An influential standing committee of the US House of Representatives which sets the timetable of the House, and the conditions under which debate takes place. 12. Appropriations Committee 13. Budget Committee 14. Armed Services Committee 15. Finance Committee 16. Foreign Relations Committee A committee of the Senate charged with overseeing the conduct of foreign policy. 17. Conference Committees 18. Select Committees 19. Joint Committees

20. Filibuster 21. Speaker of the House 22. Whips 23. President Pro Tempore 24. Senate Majority/Minority Leaders 25. Committee on Committees 26. Steering and Policy Committee 27. Census 28. Gerrymandering 29. Districts 30. Bicameral Legislature 31. Standing Committees 32. Reapportionment 33. Enumerated Powers 34. Institutional Powers 35. Implied Powers 36. Newts Contract with America 37. Packing 38. Cracking 39. Baker v Carr (1962) 40. Shaw v Reno (1993) 41. Wesberry v Sanders (1964) 42. Miller v Johnson (1995)