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unit 5 congress
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| legislative | congress is the head of which branch of goverment? |
| make laws | what is the job of congress? |
| house of rep & senate | our congress is a BICAMERAL congress. Name the two parts of congress. |
| 435 | how many U.S. representatives are there altogether. |
| 100 | how many U.S. Senators are there altogether |
| implied | what are powers not specifically written down in constitution called |
| Bill | an idea for a law is called a |
| political party | what is a gruop who want the goverment run a particular way and they try to get their members electedto goverment offices |
| interest group | what are gruups who support a particular cause and try to influnce the legislator top vote a certain a certain way on laws |
| gerrymandaring | what is it called when state legislatures draw their congressional districts maps to favor a certain party |
| census | the number of representatives a state has may change when what happens |
| redistric | if the number of representatives in a state changes, what must the state goverment do |
| electoral votes | what are votes that elect a president called |
| apropriation bills | what are bills that involve spending our tax money called |
| impechement | what is it called when a goverment official is charged with a crime |
| franking privilege | what is it calloed when members of congres get to mail things free |
| delegated powers | what are powers that belong to the national goverment (congress) called |
| general assembly | what is the name of the NC legislative body that makes our STATE laws |
| congress cant do | what do all these things have in common- passing bills of attainder, passing ex post facto laws, and denying habeas corpus |
| money bill | what is another name for an appropriations bill |
| greatcompromise | what was the name of the important agreement that created a bicameral legislature at the constitutional convention |
| house | gets to choose a president if no candidate gets over half of the electoral votes |
| senate | decides whether to bring impeachment charges against the president |
| senate | runs the trail if the president is impeached |
| house and senate |
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