Civics vocab: Bicameral Flashcards
1
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Bicameral
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Consisting of two houses, as in a law-making body
2
Q
Caucuses
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Meetings of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party’s candidates
for public office.
3
Q
Immunity
A
Legal protection
4
Q
Impeach
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To charge a government official with misconduct
5
Q
Implied powers
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Powers not mentioned in the constitution but implied to be needed by the congress
6
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President pro tempore
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The official who presides
over the Senate in the vice president’s absence
7
Q
Sessions
A
Meetings of Congress
8
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Speaker of the house
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The presiding officer of the
House of Representatives
9
Q
Treason
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An act that betrays and endangers one’s country
10
Q
Whip
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A party leader in a legislative body who enforces party discipline and coordinates party actions
11
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How a bill becomes a law
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