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ch.6 vocab
definitions
Question | Answer |
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bicameral | a legislature consisiting of two parts |
census | a population count taken by the census bureau |
constituent | a person from a legislature's district |
gerrymander | an odly shaped election district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group |
majority party | in both the house of reprisentatives and the senate,the political party to which more than halfthe members belong |
standing commitee | permamnent committee that continues to work sessino to session in this congress |
seniority | years of service, which is used as a consideration for assigning comittee nenbers |
expressed powers | powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution |
elastic clause | clause in article 1, section 8 of the constitution that gives congress the right to make all laws " necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers |
impeach | to accuse government officials of misconduct in office |
writ of habeas corpus | a court order that requires police ot bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person |
bail of the attainder | a law that punishes a person accused of crime without trail or fair hearing in court |
ex post facto law | these are laws that make an act a crime after the act has been committed |
franking privilages | the right of senators and representatives to sen job related mail without paying postage |
lobbyist | representative of an interest group who contacts lawmakers or other government officials directly to influence their policy making |
caseowrk | the work that a lawmaker does to help constitute with a problem |
pork-barrel project | government project grant that primarily benifets ht ehome distrect or state |
joint resolution | a resolution that is passed by both houses of congress |
special interests group | an orginazation of people with some common interests who try to influence government decisions |
filibuster | a tactitc |