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what is apportion?
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That the House of Representative shall be distributed among states based on population.
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what is reapportion?
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The redistribution of House of Representative seats based on the census ever ten years.
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what is a constituency?
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Constituency is the people and area a government offical represents.
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what is a continuous body?
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Means that like the Senators they never all come up for elections at the same time. (Only 1/3 at a time)
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what is the oversight function?
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A function of committee is the oversight function which ishow congress checks and sees if agencies in the executive branches.
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What is a single member district?
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Under single member district the voters in each district elect one of the State represenative unlike at-large who are elected by the state as a whole.
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Each government offical has 4 voting options what are they?
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Politisan, Trustee, Politico, or Delegate
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What is politisan? What is a trustee?
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Politisan are law makers who first allegiance is to their political party. A trustee believes eachquestion should be based on it's own merit.
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What is a delegate? What is politico?
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A Delegate sees themselves as agents of the people who elected him. Politico combines being a delegate, trustee, and a Politisan.
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Why and when do they reapportion congress?
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They reapportion congress every ten years based on the cencus. (count of apeople).
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