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11 Cards in this Set
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16th amendment |
Individual income tax |
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20th amendment |
Dates at which federal govt. Elected offices end. Also defines who succeeds they president if the president dies. |
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22nd amendment |
No person can be elected for more than two terms as president. |
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25th amendment |
Deals with succession to the presidency and establishes procedures for filling vacancy in the office of vice president |
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27th amendment |
Limits the ability to change the salary of congress until after an election of members of the house of representatives. |
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Appropriation bill |
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Authorization bill |
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Bicameral legislature |
2 chambers sharing control of congress |
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Cloture vote |
Can end a filibuster with a super majority of senators. |
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Filibuster |
An attempt to defeat a bill in the senate by talking indedinitely thus preventing the senate from taking action on the bill. |
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Caucus |
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