Congress Vocab

Question	Answer
2 branches in a house	Bicameral
Lowest house of congress	House of Reps.
a member of a constituency	constituents
Manipulate the bouderies	gerrymander
any of various legislative or governing bodies	Senate
Presiding officer of the house	Speaker of the House
a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.	President pro tempore
member of parliament who is selected by their parliamentary party to take on the role of team manager	Party whips
Perminant committee	Standing Committee
special committee	select committee
both houses on committee	Joint committee
Senators are given preferential treatment in choosing committee assignments based on seniority	seniority system
powers of congress given by the constitution	expressed powers
powers implied by the constitution	implied powers
granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.	elastic clause
question of integrity of president	impeach
the forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony	bill of attainder
law that changes legal consequences	ex post facto laws
25 yrs old citizen for 25 yrs inhabit state that your representing	US representative Qualification
right of members to post mail to constituents without having to pay postage	franking priviledge
metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district	pork barrell project
30 yrs old citizen for 9 yrs inhabit state	senator qualification
speech that stops legilative progress	filibuster
ending debate and voting	cloture
right to reject a proposal	veto
putting aside law/desision	pocket veto

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