Where everything is bipartisan until it is not.
When a popular presidential candidate helps down-ballot candidates from their party win, or when they drag down weaker candidates through no fault of their own.
The process where a legislative committee edits, amends, and debates a bill before sending it to a full floor vote. Where sausage-making reaches peak visibility.
The exclusive space where legislative power actually gets distributed, far from public view and constituent input.
A subdivision or distinct section of a larger administrative unit—used in vexillology to describe the corner section of a flag, or in government to denote regional divisions.
Involving multiple political parties working together in uncommon unity, usually because the problem is too big for petty tribalism. Rarer than a meteorite made of pure gold.
A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government, typically abbreviated to 'coup.'
A formal parliamentary procedure to end debate and force a vote, because apparently talking forever was so big a problem that Congress needed a specific rule to stop it.
A group of high-ranking executive officials (Secretary of State, Defense, Treasury, etc.) who advise the chief executive and collectively demonstrate why political experience often translates poorly to actual results.
A collection of routine, non-controversial items that legislative bodies vote on as a package without individual discussion, assuming nothing controversial got snuck in, which is always a dangerous assumption.
Placement of a legislator on a specific committee determining their influence over certain policy areas, sometimes rewarding allies and punishing critics.