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term
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Two year period of time in which congress meets.
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session
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a period of time during which, each year, congress assembles and conducts business.
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adjourns
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to suspend until the next session, each regular session.
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prorogue
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to end/discontinue a session.
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special session
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a meeting to deal with some emergency situation.
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apportion
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to distribute
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reapportion
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to redistribute
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off-year elections
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the congressional elections that occur in the nonpresidential years; beteween presedential elections.
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single-member district
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the voters in each district elect one of the state representatives from among a field of candidates running for a seat in the House from that district.
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at-large election
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Election of a officeholder by the voters of an entire governmental unit rather than by the voters of a district or subdivision.
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gerrymandered
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districts that have been drawn to the advantage of a political party that controls the state's legislature.
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continuous body
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governing unit whose seats are never up for election at the same time.
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constituencies
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the people and intrestes the senators represent.
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trustees
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a lawmaker who votes based on his or her conscience and judgement, not the views of his or her constituents.
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partisans
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a lawmaker who owes his/her first allegiance to his/her political party and votes according to the party line.
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