Vocab Flashcards

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Bicameral

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Having two branches or chambers

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Bill

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A draft of a proposed law represented to parliament for discussion

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Lobbyist

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Someone hired by a business or cause to persuade legislators to support that business or cause

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4
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Franking

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Making a mark/signature that show the postage does not need to be paid

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5
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Gerrymandering

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Manipulate the boundaries so as to favor one part or class

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Logrolling

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The practice of exchanging favors, especially in politics by reciprocal voting for each others legislation

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Pigeonholing

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Assigning to a particular category or class

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Appropriations

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A sum of money or total of assets devoted to a special purpose.

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Interest group

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A group that is determined to exchange or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected

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Pork barrel

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The use of government funds for projects designed to please voters

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Seniority system

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The custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairperson-ship to that member

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Cloture

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A motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing a debate to a quick end

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Whips

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An official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature

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14
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Ex post facto law

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A law that retroactively changes the legal consequence of the actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law

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Quorum

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The minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at a meeting

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Constituent

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Being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to point or elect

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Special session

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A period when the body convenes outside of the normal legislative session

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Mark-up

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The process by which a U.S. congressional committee/state legislative session debates, amends, and rewrites proposed legislation

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Partisian

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A member of an irregular military formed to oppose control of an area by foreign power

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Safe seat

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A legislative seat that is likely to be retained with a large majority in an election

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Impeachment

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A formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity- may include the removal from that office

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District

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An area of a county or city, especially one regarded as a distinct unit because of one particular characteristic

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Session

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A meeting of a deliberative or judicial body to conduct its business