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trustee
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consider each bill's merits, regardless of the views of constituents
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partisans
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vote in line with their political party
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delegates
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Base votes on views of constituents
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franking privilege
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the right to send mail postage free
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expressed powers
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Constitution granted powers granted to Congress
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implied powers
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Not listed in the Constitution but needed to carry out expressed powers
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deficit financing
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When the federal government spent more than it took in each year and borrowed to make up the difference
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commerce power
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Allows Congress to regulate trade, or interstate and foreign business
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naturalization
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the process by which foreigners become US citizens
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McCulloch vs. Maryland
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Congress's power to set up a national bank
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standing committees
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permanent
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select committee
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a group set up for a specific and usually temporary purpose, such as an investigation
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joint committee
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can be temporary or permanent, includes both houses so that separate committees in the houses do not duplicate eachothers work
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conference committee
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Set up when the senate and the House have passed different versions of the same law
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filibuster
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a process by which a senator delays senate action by talking at great legnth
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