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Flashcards by Aileen Garcia-Sanche, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Aileen Garcia-Sanche
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| Question | Answer |
| Bicameral | (legislative body) Having two branches or chambers. |
| House of Representatives | Large body of congress, has 435 voting members allotted to the states according to population. |
| Constitutes | People represented |
| Gerrymander | To manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency to favor one party. (unusual shaped district, made to increase votes) |
| Senate | 100 members; 2 each state; Ensures certain amount of stability and continuity |
| Speaker of the House | Presiding officer of the House & leader of majority party; Great power; leads floor debates. |
| President pro tempor | A high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president. |
| Party Whips | A member of parliament who is selected by their parliamentary party to take the role of team manager. Each party has whips who work in the House of Representatives or the Senate. View Party whips counting the votes in a division in a lightbox style window. |
| Standing Committee | Permanent committees; deals with agriculture and commerce & veterans affair |
| Select Committee | A small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose. |
| Joint Committee | Refers to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature, or to a committee with members from more than one organization. |
| Seniority System | Party leaders make committee assignments; longer year served people get spots |
| Expressed Powers | Powers delegated to the Congress are enumerated, clearly listed. 18 separate clauses enumerating different powers to Congress |
| Implied Powers | Powers authorized by a document from the Constitution that, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated. |
| Elastic Clause | A statement in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers. |
| Impeach | an accuse to officials of misconduct in office |
| Bills of Attainder | Laws that punish a person without jury trial |
| Ex Post Facto Laws | Laws that make an act a crime after the act has been committed. |
| US Representative Qualifications | 25 yrs old; live in state you plan to represent; US citizen for at least 7 years; |
| Franking Privilege | Senators & representative can send job-related mail without paying postage |
| Pork Barrel Projects | Government projects and grants that primarily benefit home district or state |
| US Senator Qualifications | 30 years; live in state they represent; 9 years US citizen |
| Filibuster | Talk a bill to death |
| Cloture | In a legislative assembly, a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote |
| Veto | Refuse to sign a bill |
| Pocket Veto | An 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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