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Unit 3 Legislative Branch Flashcards

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Permanent committee in congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues

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Standing committee

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Made up of two houses. The Senate and House of Representatives.

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Bicameral Legislature

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Group with a standing committee thats specializes in a subcategory of its atanding committee’s responsibility

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Sub committee

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A temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the senate or the house of representatives

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Select community

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A committee of the house and the senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings back to the house and senate

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Joint committee

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A temporary joint committee set up when the house in the senate has passed different versions of the same bill

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Conference committee

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The system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest un interupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committee

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Seniority system

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A period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct business.

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Session

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Population count every ten years.

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Census

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States who population increases less rapidly then most states or population decreases may lose representative while states population grows faster may be entitled to more representatives.

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Reapportion

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The process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment has been completed.

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Redistricting

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Means that the political party controlling the state government draws a districts boundaries to gain an advantage in election.

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Gerrymandering

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Statewide.

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At-large

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LAs , are a second type of personal staff member

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legislative assistant

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A closed meeting

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Caucus

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Top assistant

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Majority leader

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Assistant floor leaders in the house

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Whips

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List bills that are up for consideration

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Calendars

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Minimum number of members who much be present to permit legislative body to take official action

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Quorum

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Handles the many requests for help from people in lawmaker’s state or congressional district

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Caseworker

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The senate member, elected by the senate, who stands in as president of the senate in the absence of the Vice President.

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President pro tempore

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A method of defeating a bill in which a senator talks until a majority either abandons the bill or agrees to modify it.

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Filibuster

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A vote of formal disproval of a members actions

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Censur

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Members already in office won reelection

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Incumbent

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A procedure that allows each senator to speak only 1 hour on a bill under debate.

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Cloture

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A period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct business

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Session

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Member of a lawmakers personal staff who runs the lawmakers office supervises the schedule and gives advice

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Administrative assistant

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Members work directly for individual senators and representatives.

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Personal Staff

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Members work for the many House and Senate committes.

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Committee Staff

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The people in the districts they represent

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Constituents

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Powers directly stated in the constitution

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Expressed powers

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Article section 8 of the constitution gives the congress the power to make or all laws that are necessary improper for carried duties.

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Necessary improper clause

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A law proposed to raise money

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Revenue bills

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A proposed law authorized spending money

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Appropriation bills

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Trade among the states

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Interstate commerce

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Formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official.

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Impeachment

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Powers directly stated in the constitution

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Expressed powers

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Freedom from prosecution for witness whose testimony tie them to illegal acts.

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Immunity

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The provision congress wrote into some laws allowed it to revue and cancel actions of executive decisions.

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Legislative veto

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Illegal order that a person appear or requested documents.

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Subpoena

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Living under oath

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Perjury

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Willful obstruction of justice

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Contempt

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He yearly financial plan for the national government

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National budget

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The presidents refusal to spend money that congress has voted fund of program

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Impoundment

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