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Congress Vocab
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- 12 branches in a houseBicameral
- 2Lowest house of congressHouse of Reps.
- 3a member of a constituencyconstituents
- 4Manipulate the bouderiesgerrymander
- 5any of various legislative or governing bodiesSenate
- 6Presiding officer of the houseSpeaker of the House
- 7a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.President pro tempore
- 8member of parliament who is selected by their parliamentary party to take on the role of team managerParty whips
- 9Perminant committeeStanding Committee
- 10special committeeselect committee
- 11both houses on committeeJoint committee
- 12Senators are given preferential treatment in choosing committee assignments based on seniorityseniority system
- 13powers of congress given by the constitutionexpressed powers
- 14powers implied by the constitutionimplied powers
- 15granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.elastic clause
- 16question of integrity of presidentimpeach
- 17the forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felonybill of attainder
- 18law that changes legal consequencesex post facto laws
- 1925 yrs old citizen for 25 yrs inhabit state that your representingUS representative Qualification
- 20right of members to post mail to constituents without having to pay postagefranking priviledge
- 21metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's districtpork barrell project
- 2230 yrs old citizen for 9 yrs inhabit statesenator qualification
- 23speech that stops legilative progressfilibuster
- 24ending debate and votingcloture
- 25right to reject a proposalveto
- 26putting aside law/desisionpocket veto
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