Congress Vocabulary

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Bicameral a legislative body having two branches or chambers
House of Representatives Is the larger body of Congress, has 435 voting members allotted to the states according to population
constituents State legislatures must draw the boundaries so that the districts include roughly the same number of constituents, or people represented
gerrymander Is an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group
Senate the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries.
Speaker of the House a member of the House, is elected by a majority party caucus.
President pro tempore  a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.
Party whips is a member of parliament who is selected by their parliamentary party to take on the role of team manager
standing committee a permanent committee that meets regularly.
select committee  a small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose.
Joint Committee is a term that is used to refer to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature.
seniority system is a way to determine employment advantages based on the length of service of employees.
expressed powers Those powers of Congress specifically listed in the Constitution.
implied powers  that is, powers not explicitly named in the Constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to implement the expressed powers that are named in Article I.
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 call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice).
bills of attainder an item of legislation (prohibited by the US Constitution) that inflicts attainder without judicial process.
ex post facto laws is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
US Representative Qualifications (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.
franking privilege allows Members of Congress to transmit mail matter under their signature without postage.
pork barrel projects is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district.
US Senator Qualifications 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.
filibuster an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
cloture (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
veto a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
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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