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10 Cards in this Set
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bicameral legislature |
lawmaking body of two houses |
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apportioned |
distributed |
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gerrymandering |
drawing district lines that favor a particular political party, politician, or group of people |
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immunity |
legal protection |
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expulsion |
when a person must give up his or her seat in Congress |
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censure |
formal disapproval of the actions of a member of congress |
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sessions |
meetings of congress |
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caucuses |
private meetings of a political party |
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president pro tempore |
president "for the time being" who presides over the Senate when the vice president is absent |
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whip |
officer who persuades party members to vote for party-sponsored legislation |
