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36 Cards in this Set
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What are the meetings of Congress called to deal with an emergency situation?
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Special Session
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How long must someone be a US citizen to serve in the Senate?
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9 years
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Every state has how many Senators
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2 senator
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To qualify to serve as a Senator you must be ___ years old.
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30 years old
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The is the number of Senators in Congress
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100
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The term of office for a Senator is ___ years
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6 term year
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This is the number of members in the House of Representatives
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435
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How old must a person to qualify as a member of the House?
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25 years old
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The process of allocating seats in the House after every census is called
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reapportionment
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The process of drawing congressional districts to favor a certain political party is called
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gerrymandering
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A closed meeting of a party’s house or senate members; also called a party conference
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Party Caucus
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Member who heads a standing committee in a legislative body
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Committee Chairman
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Unwritten rule in both house of congress reserving the top post in each chamber, particularly committee chairmanship for members with the longest record of services.
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Seniority Rule
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A committee that consist of an entire legislative body; used for a procedure in which a legislative body expedites its business by resolving itself into a committee of itself
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Committee of the Whole
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Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business; majority
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quorum
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The presiding officer of the house of rep, chosen by and from the majority party in the house
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Speaker of the house
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In congress, the VP of the U.S in a state’s legislature, either the lieutenant governor or a senator
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president of the senate
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The members of the U.S Senate or of the upper house of a state’s legislature chosen to preside in the absence of the president of senate.
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president pro tempore
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Member of the house and senate picked by their parties to carry out party decision and steer legislative action to meet party goal.
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floor leaders
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Assistants to the floor leaders in the house and senate, responsible for monitoring and marshalling votes.
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whip
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allows members of Congress to send mail postage free.
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franking privileges
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See themselves as agents of the people who elected them
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delegates
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Believe that each question they face decided on its merits
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trustee
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Lawmaker owe their 1st allegiance to their political party and vote according to the party line
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partisan
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Combine the 3 option into one
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politicos
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Check the executive to make sure they do it right
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oversight function
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Granted to congress (written in the constitution)
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expressed power
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Granted by reasonable deduction from expressed powers
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implied power
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Granted through the constitution creation of a national government for the U.S
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inherent power
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Citizen of one country become citizen of another
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naturalization
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Drawings the line to put as many of the opposing party’s voters into one disctrict so that the remaining district can be ruled by majority party’s candidates
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packing
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Dividing an opponent’s voters into other districts to weaken their power
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cracking
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Temporary joint committee created to reconcile any differences between the two houses version of a bill
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Conference Committee
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Permanent committee in a legislative body to which bills in a specified subject matter area are referred
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Standing Committee
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The non legislature power of constitution making and the constitutional amendments
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Constituent
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Various tactics aimed at defeating a bill in a legislative body by preventing a final vote
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filibusters
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