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Majority leader
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Th ehead of teh majority party in the Senate, the second highest ranking member of the majority party in the house
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Delegate
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A legislature whose primary responsibility is to represent the majority view of his or her constituents, regardless of his or her own view.
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Jerrymandering
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Redrawing a congressional district to intentionally benefit one political party
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Joint Comittee
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A committee made up of members of both the house and the senate
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Conference Comittee
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A temporary committee created to work out differences between the house and senate versions of a specific piece of legislation
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Cloture
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The mechanism by which a filibuster is cut off in the Senate
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Descriptive Representation
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A belief that constituents are most effectivey represented by legislatures who are similar to them in ways such as race, gender, relegion...
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Speaker of the House
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The presiding officer of the House of Reps
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Parliamentary System
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A system of gov in which the chief executive is the leader whose party holds the most seats in the legislature after an election or whose partyu forms a major part of the ruling coalition
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Truste
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A rep who is obligated to consider the views of constituents but is NOT obligated to vote accordingly.
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Oversight
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the process of revbiewing the operations of an agency to determine whether it is carrying out policies as congress intended
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Constituents
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people who live and vote in a gov officials district or state
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Racial Jerrymandering
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The drawing of a legislative district to maximize the chances that a minority candidate will win election
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Veto
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the Presidents disapproval of a bill that has benn passed by both houses of Congress.Congress can override a veto with a 2/3 vote in each house.
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Select Committee
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A temporary congressional committee created for a specific purpose and disbanded after that purpose is fulfilled
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Reapportionment
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Redistrubition of representatives among the states, based on populationmovement. Congress does this after each census (10 yrs)
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