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20 Cards in this Set
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Caucus
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a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
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Whips
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a senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking
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Majority leader
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the legislative leader elected by party members holding the majority of seats in the House or the Senate
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Bill
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a proposed law
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Filibuster
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a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
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Standing committee
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a permanent committtee in congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
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Subcommittee
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a group within a standing committee
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Joint committee
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a committee of the House and the Senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings
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Select committee
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temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the house of the senate
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Conference Committee
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a temporary comittee ser up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill
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Seniority system
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a system that gives the members of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that comittee
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Impeachment
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a formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official
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Subpoena
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a legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents
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Perjury
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lying under oath
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Contempt
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willful obstruction of justice
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Immunity
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freedom from prosecution for witnesses whos testimony legal acts?
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Legislative veto
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the provisions congress wrote into some laws that allowed it to review and cancel actions of executive
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National budget
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the yearly financial plan
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Impoundment
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the presidents refusal to spend money
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Private bill
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a bill dealing with individual people or places
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