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Flashcards by Bethany Davis, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Bethany Davis
almost 9 years ago
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| 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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