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18 Cards in this Set
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term
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the length of time an elected official may serve. Each term of Congress lasts two years.
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session
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the period of time each year that Congress assembles.
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adjourns
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to suspend. Congress adjourns when its business is done.
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prorogue
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the power to end or discontinue a session of Congress.
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special session
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Only the President can call Congress into an emergency session. This is typically done only in a national emergency.
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apportioned
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distributed. Members of the House of Representatives are apportioned to states based on population
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reapportion
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redistribute. --seats are reapportioned in the House of Representatives after each census.
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off-year elections
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congressional elections that occur between presidential elections
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single member districts
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when the voters in each district vote for a candidate to represent that district
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at-large
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when representatives are elected from the state as a whole.
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gerrymandered
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when congressional district lines are drawn by the party in power
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continuous body
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The Senate is a contnuous body because its representatives are never all up for election at the same time.
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constitutencies
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the people and interests that elected officials represent
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trustees
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officials who believe that each question they face must be decided on its own merits.
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partisans
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person whoseprimary allegiance is to their political party
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politicos
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try to combine the elements of trustee, delegate, and partisan roles/
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oversight function
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the process by which Congress checks to see that the various agencies in the executive branch are working effictively
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franking privilege
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a benefit for Congress members to letters and other items postage free
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