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bicameral
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a two house legislative branch
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US; house and senate
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constituency service
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the action of members of congress and
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their staffs attending to the individual
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particular needs of constituents
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House: devotion to technical expertise,
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and responsiveness to local politcal
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interests
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franking priviledge
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free postage provided to the members
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of Congress
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logrolling
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an arrangement in which two or more
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members of the Congree agree in advance
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to support each other's favored legislation
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party caucus
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all of the party members of the House
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or Senate meeting as a group
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legislative markup
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the process by which legislators go over
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a measure line-by-line, revising, amending
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or rewriting it
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fillibuster
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an attempt to defeat a measure through
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prolonged debate
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cloture
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the procedure for ending a fillibuster
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rider
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a provision, unlikely to become law
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on its own merits, that is attached to an
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important measure so that it will ride
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through the legislative process
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bargaining
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impeach
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the act of formally accusing an
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official of the executive or judicial branches
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of an impeachable offense
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floor
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the full House or full Senate taking
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official action
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Senate president
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the official prosiding officer in the
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pro tempore
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senate in the vice president's absense
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senoirity
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length of service
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Senate majority leader
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the head of the majority party in the
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senate
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speaker of the house
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the presiding officer of the House of
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Representatives and the leader of the
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majority party in that chamber
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majority whip
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the majority leader's first assistance
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whips
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assistant floor leaders in Congress
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House majority leader
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the second ranking figure in the majority
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party in the House
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minority leader
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the head of the minority party in the
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House or the Senate
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minority whip
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the minority leader's first assistant in the
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House or the Senate
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conference committee
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a special congressional committee
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created to negotioate differences on
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similar pieces of legislation by the
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House and the senate
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standing committee
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a permanent legislative committee with
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the authority to draft legislation in
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a particular policy area
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special or select committee
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a committee established for a limited time
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only
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joint committee
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a committee that includes members from
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House and the senate
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ominus bills
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complex, highly detailed legislative
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proposals covering one or more subjects
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or programs
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bill
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proposed law
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resolution
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a legislative statement of opinion
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sponsor
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a member who introduces a measure
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multiple referral of legislation
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practice of allowing more than one
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committee to consider legislation
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table
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to postpone consideration of a measure
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during a legislative process
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discharge petition
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a procedure by which a majortiy of
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members of the House of Representatives
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can force a committee to reprort a bill
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to the floor of the house
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appropriation bill
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a legislative authoritization to spend
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money for particular purposes
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House rules committee
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a standing committee that determines
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the rules under a specific bill can be
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debated, amended, and considered on the
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House floor without restriction
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open rule
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a rule that opens a measure to amendment
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on the House floor without restriction
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closed rule
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a rule that prohibits floor consideration
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of amendments on the Houe floor
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killer amendment
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an amendment designed to make a
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measure so unattractive that it will lack
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enough support to pass
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conferees
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members of the conference committee
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pocket veto
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action of a president allowing a measure
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to die without signature after Congress
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has ajourned
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veto
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an action by the chief executive refusing
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to approve a measure passed by
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legislature
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bicameral
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a two house legislative branch US; house and senate
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constituency service
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the action of members of congress and their staffs attending to the individual, particular needs of constituents
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house constiuency service
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House: devotion to technical expertise, and responsivenss to local political interests
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