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Flashcards by jgonzalez1, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jgonzalez1
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| Question | Answer |
| Bicameral | - Committee that has two distinct groups for setting rules |
| House of Representatives | - The lower house of the United States Congress |
| Constituents | Something that has the power to frame or alter a political constitution. |
| Gerrymander | - The Dividing of county's into election districts |
| Senate | - The upper house of Legislature |
| Speaker of the House | - The presiding officer of the US House of Representatives |
| President Pro Tempore | - A senator chosen to preside over the Senate in the place of the vice president. |
| Party Whips | - 1875-1880, Americanism. |
| Standing committee | - A permanent committee in a legislature. |
| Select Committee | - A committee formed to take a look at a specific issue. |
| Joint Committee | - a committee made by both houses of a bicameral legislature. |
| Seniority System | - the practice of giving privileges to members of Congress who have served the for the longest. |
| Expressed Powers | - The powers of Congress listed in the constitution. |
| Implied Powers | - Powers not listed in the constitution but are implied. |
| Elastic Clause | - Granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary to carry out the enumerated list of powers. |
| Impeach | - Charge of treason or a crime against the state. |
| Bills of Attainder | - An act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of a crime and punishing them without a trial. |
| ex post facto laws | - A law that changes the legal consequences of actions that were committed before the enactment of the law. |
| US Representative Qualifications | - Qualifications needed to be a represenative. |
| Franking Privilege | - The right of members to post mail to constituents without having to pay postage. |
| Pork Barrel Projects | - Metaphor for the act of government spending for localized projects secured only to bring money to a representative's district. |
| US Senator Qualifications | - Qualifications needed to be a Senator. |
| Filibuster | - The action of a prolonged speech with the intention to kill a bill. |
| Cloture | -A motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end. |
| Veto | - Constitutional right to reject a decision made by a law-making body. |
| Pocket Veto | - To Veto a bill by someone, without taking any action. |
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