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19 Cards in this Set
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Gerrymandering
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Redrawing a congressional district to intentionally benefit one political party
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impeachment
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The formal charging of a government official with "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors
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incumbent
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A current officeholder
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casework
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solving problems for constituents especially problems involving govt. agencies
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Racial gerrymandering
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drawing of legislative district to maximize the chance that a minority candidate will win the election
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veto
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presidents disapproval of a bill that has been both houses of congress
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pocket veto
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a means of killing a bill that has been passed by both houses of congress. the presidents does not sign the bill and congress adjourns within 10 days of the bills passage
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standing committee
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a permanent congressional committee that specializes in a particular policy area
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joint committee
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a committee made up of members of both the house and the senate
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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 fufilled
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conference committee
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a temporary committee created to work out differences of the house and senate between different versions of a specific piece of legislation
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oversight
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the process of reviewing the operations of an agency to determine whether it is carrying out policies as congress intended
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speaker of the house
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the presiding officer of the house of representatives
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majority leader
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head of the majority party in the senate;the second highest ranking member of the majority party in the house
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filibuster
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a delaying tactic used in the senate that involves speech making on a 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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constituents
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people who live and vote in a govt. official's district or state
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trustee
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representative who is obligated to consider the views of the constituents but is not obligated to vote according to those views if he or she believes they are misguided
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delegate
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a legislator whose primary responsibility to represent the majority view of his or her constituents
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