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Veto |
To use one's authority to reject or cancel a decision. |
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Bill |
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship. |
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Override |
A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body. |
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Senate |
The state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights. |
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House of Representatives |
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress. The House and the Senate work together on bills to give to the President to put into law. |
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Unicameral |
Of a legislative body having a single legislative chamber. |
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How to become a (citizen) |
A native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien). an inhabitant of a city or town, especially one entitled to its privileges or franchises. an inhabitant, or denizen: The deer is a citizen of our woods. |
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How an (amendment) is made |
The amendment is made by adding laws to the constitution as it says in amendment 5. The act or process of revising something, |
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Electoral Votes |
The choice expressed collectively by the electoral college, which determines the winner of elections for president and vice president in the US. |
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Court of Appeals |
A court to which appeals are taken in a federal circuit or a state. |
