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27 Cards in this Set
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A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses.
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Bicameral
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A population count taken by the Census Bureau.
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Census
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A person from a legislator's district.
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Constituent
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An oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group.
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Gerrymander
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In both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which more than half the members belong.
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Majority party
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In both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which fewer than half the members belong.
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Minority party
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Permenant committees that continue their work from session to session in Congress.
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Standing committee
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Years of service , which is used as a consideration for assigning committee members.
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Seniority
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Powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in the Constitution,
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Expressed powers
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Gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers.
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Elastic Clause
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To accuse government officials of misconduct in office.
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Impeach
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A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person.
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Writ of Habeas Corpus
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A law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court.
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Bill of Attainder
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A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not aganist the law when it was committed.
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Ex post facto law
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The right of senators and reprsentatives to send job-related mail without paying postage.
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Franking
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Representatives of an interest group who contacts lawmakers or other government officials directly to influence their policy making.
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Lobbyist
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The work that a lawmaker does to help constituents with a problem.
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Casework
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Governments projects and grants that primarily benefit the home district or state.
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Pork-barrel project
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Passed by both houses of Congress.
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Joint resolution
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An organization of people with some common interest who try to influence government decisions.
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Special- interest group
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A completely unrelated amendment tacked onto a bill
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Rider
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A tactic for defeating a bill in the Senate by talking until the bill's sponsor withdraws.
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Filibuster
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A procedure used in the Senate to limit debate on a bill
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Cloture
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A voting method inwhich those who favor say "yea" and those aganist say "no"
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Voice-vote
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A voting method used in the Senate in which members voice their votes inturn.
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Roll-call vote
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Refusal to sign a bill or resolution.
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Veto
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President's power to kill a bill, if Congress is not in session, by not signing it for 10 days.
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Pocket veto
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