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Congressional Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Lawmaking body consisting of two houses

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Congress

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People in a Congress member’s home district or state

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Constituents

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3
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Person paid by an interest group to influence government

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Lobbyist

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Proposed law

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Bill

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5
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People with similar concerns who work together to achieve certain goals

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Interest group

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Topic of concern that people have different opinions about

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Issue

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7
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Area represented by a member of the House of Representitives

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State

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8
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Has 435 members called representitives

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House of Representitives

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Population count taken every ten years

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Census

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10
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Smaller of the houses with 100 members

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The Senate

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11
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Plan for raising and spending money

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A Budget

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Accuse a government official with wrongdoing in a procedure to remove him/her from office

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Impeachment

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One year of a congressional term, beginning in January and ending usually in late December

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A Session

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14
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Political party with the most members

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Majority Party

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Political party with fewer members

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Minority Party

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Presiding officer of the House of Representitives

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Speaker

17
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Presiding office of the Senate when the Vice President is absent

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President pro tempore

18
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Assistant floor leader who tries to persuade members to vote in support of their party

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Party Whip

19
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The box in which a Representitive deposits proposed legislation

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a Hopper

20
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Group of members of Congress that deals with a certain area and controls what initially happens to a bill

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Committees

21
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Temporary group of House and Senate members to work out a compromise for differences in a bill

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Conference Committees

22
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Method of delay by making lengthy speeches

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Filibuster

23
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How legislators are divided among districts

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Apportioned

24
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Limits on the number of terms a member of Congress may serve

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Term Limits

25
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Practice of drawing district lines that favor a particular political party

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Gerrymandering

26
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Powers that are specifically granted to Congress

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Delegated Powers

27
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Allows Congress to stretch the delegated powers listed in the Constitution to cover many other subjects

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Elastic Clause

28
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Powers not specifically listed in the Constitution, but needed to carry out delegated powers

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Implied Powers

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