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unit 4 (lowi) vocabulary

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17th amendment   the amendment that provides for the direct election of U.S. senators by voters of each state  
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Agenda Setting   Determining the public policy questions to considerd by Congress  
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Apportionment   Graniting political representation to a group of people  
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Appropriation Committee   A standing committee in the House of Reps. that recommend how much money to provide to a federal agencies.  
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Bicameral Legislature   A legilature made up by two parts. The U.S. Congress, composed of the House of Reps. and the senate  
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Bill   the draft of a proposed law presentedto a legilative body for approval  
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Bully pulpit   the "soap box" that the president has and uses to his advantage becasue he has the attention of the press and public  
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Calendar   An agenda, or list, that contains names of bills or resolutions to be considered befor committees or in either chanber or legislature  
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Capital punishment(death penelty)   A sentence of punishment by execution, now limited to the crime of murder  
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Casework   Personal work done for the constituents by members of Congress  
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Census   the counting, every ten years, of the population in the United States, conducted by the Bureau of Census  
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challenger   a candidate for office who dose not currently hold that office, but rather challenges the incumbent office holder  
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check and balances   a major principle of the U.S. Gov each branch of gov holds a limited power  
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Cloture   a parliamentry technique  
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committee chair   the congressional memeber who head a particular committee  
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confrence committee   when bills pass both chambers of Congress in diffrent forms,  
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constituency   the residents of the electoral district, A group of individuals represented by a legislator  
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continuing resolution   a temporary law that Congress passes when an appropriations bill has not been decided by the beginning of the new fiscal year (oct 1)  
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delegate   a persaon authorized to act as a representative of another  
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