Karteikarten
congress vocab
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- 1bicameralhaving two branches or chambers.
- 2the house of representatives .the lower house of the United States Congress.
- 3constituentsa member of a constituency
- 4gerrymanderthe dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts
- 5Senateany of various legislative or governing bodies, in particular.
- 6Speaker of the HouseThe presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.
- 7President pro temporea high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.
- 8Party whipsa member of parliament who is selected by their parliamentary party to take on the role of team manager.
- 9standing committeea permanent committee that meets regularly.
- 10select committeea small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose.
- 11Joint Committeea term that is used to refer to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature.
- 12seniority systemSenators are given preferential treatment in choosing committee assignments based on seniority. Seniority on a committee is based on length of time serving on that committee.
- 13expressed powersThose powers of Congress specifically listed in the Constitution.
- 14implied powersIn the United States, are those powers authorized by a document (from the Constitution) that, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated.
- 15elastic clausegranting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.
- 16impeachcall into question the integrity
- 17bills of attainderan item of legislation (prohibited by the US Constitution) that inflicts attainder without judicial process.
- 18ex post facto lawsA law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
- 19US Representative QualificationsArticle I, Section 2 of the Constitution sets three qualifications for representatives. Each representative must: (1) be at least twenty-five years old; (2) have been a citizen of the United States for the past seven years; and (3) be (at the time of the election) an inhabitant of the state they represent.
- 20franking privilegeThe right of members to post mail to constituents without having to pay postage. A copy of the member's signature replaces the stamp on the envelope.
- 21pork barrell projectsA metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district.
- 22US Senator QualificationsThe Constitution sets three qualifications for service in the U.S. Senate: age (at least thirty years of age); U.S. citizenship (at least nine years); and residency in the state a senator represents at time of election.
- 23filibusteran action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
- 24Cloturea procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
- 25vetoa constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
- 26pocket vetoan indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.
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