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Bicameral legislature
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a ligislature divided into two houses; the U.S. Congress and the state legislatures are bicameral except Nebraska, which is unicameral.
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apportionment
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the process of allotting congtessional seats to each state following the decennial census according to their proportion of the population.
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redistricting
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the redrawing of congressional districts to reflect increases or decreases in seats allotted to the states, as well as populaiton shifts within a state.
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Bill
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a proposed law
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impeachmant
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the power delegated to the house of representatives in the consititution to charge the president, bice president, or other "civil officers," the first step in the constitutional process of removing such gob. officials from office.
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majority party
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the political party in each house of Congress with the most members.
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minority party
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the political party in each house of congress witht he second most members.
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the powers of congress
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lay and collect taxes and duties, punish counterfeiting, declare war, establish a post office/roads, coin money, establish rules
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party caucus or conference
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a formal gathering of all party members
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whip
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key representative who keeps close contact with all members and takes nose counts on key votes, prepares summaries of bills, and in general acts as communications link within the party
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president pro tempore
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the official chair of the senate; usually the most senior member of the majority party
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standing cmmittee
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committee to which proposed bills are referred.
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joint committee
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includes members from both houses of congress; conducts investigations or special studies.
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conference committee
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joint committee created to iron out differences between senate and house versions of a specific piece of legislature
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select (or special) committee
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temporaty committee appointed for specific purpose, such as conducting a special investigation or study.
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standing committees
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agriculture, armed services, budget, rules, small business, Senate: finance, foregin relations, armed services, budget.
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the eight stages of the impeachment process
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the resolution, committee vote, house vote, hearings, report, house bote, trial in the senate, and senate vote.
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presidential line of succession
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vice president speaker of the house, president pro tempore of the senate, secretary of state, "" of treasury,"" of defense, attorney general, secretary of the interior, secretary ofagriculture.
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u.s v. nixon
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key supreme court ruling on power of the president, finding that there is no absolute constitutional executive privilege to allow a president to refuse to comply w/a acourt order to preduce info. needed in a criminal trial.
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22 amendment
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prevents a president from serving more than two terms, or more than ten years if he came to office via the death or impeachment of his predecessor.
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25 admendment
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to establish procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing for procedures to deal w/the disability of a president.
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the top five best presidents
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lincoln, f. roosevelt, washington, t. roosevelt, truman
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the top five worst presidents
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buchanan, a. johnson, pierce, harding, w. harrison
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bureaucracy
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a set of departments, agencies, commissions, and their staffs that exist to help the chief executive officer carry out their duties
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members of the judiciary system: Maurice, Milton, Emmanuel, Mustapha
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executive branch: the president, cabinet, dep. of state, dep. treasury, dep. defense, dep. of justice
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government corporations
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business established by congress to perform funcions that can be provided by private businesses (ex: u.s. postal service and amtrak)
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judicial review
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which allows the judiciary to review acts of the other branches of gov. and the states
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chisholm v. georgia
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talked about the right to hear suits brought by a citizen against a state in which he did not reside later the 11 amend was ratified.
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