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chap 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bicameral | a legislature consisting of two parts |
| census | a population Cort taken by the census butane |
| constituent | being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect |
| gerrymander | an oddly shaped election district designed to increase the vetoing of a particular group |
| majority party | in both the house representatives |
| standing commitee | permanent committee that continues work from sessions to sessions in its congress |
| expressed powers | powers that the congress has that are specifically listed in the constitutions |
| elastic clause | it gives congress he right to make laws |
| impeach | a accuse government officials of misconduct |
| writ of hastes corpus | a court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person |
| bill of attain | a law that punishes a person accused for a crime without a trail or a fair hearing in court |
| ex post facto law | a law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when commited |
| franking privilege | the right the senator and representatives to send job related mail without paying postage |
| lobbyist | representative of a interest group who contact lawmakers or other government official directly in influence their policy waking. |
| casework | the work that a lawmaker does to help constituents with a problem. |
| pork-barrel project | a government project grant primarily benefit the home district or state |
| joint resolution | a resolution that us passed by both house of congress |
| special interest group | an organization of people with the same common interest who try to influence the government |
| filibuster | a tactual for defecting a bill in senate by taking until the bill of supreme withdraw it. |
| cloture | a procedure in senate to limit debate on a bill |
| voice vote | acting method in which those in favor those with says "yes" and those in against say "no" |
| standing vote | in congress when members stand to counted for vote on a bill |
| rool call vote | a voting method in the senate in which member voice their opinions |
| veto | refusal to sign the bill or resolution |
| pocket vote | president power to kill a bill of congress is out in session not signing in for 10 days. |
| minority party | in both house of of the representatives and the senate ,political party which which fewer than half the member belong |
| serenity | years of service, which is used as a consideration for assigning committee members |
| implied powers | powers that congress has that are no stared explicitly in the constitution |
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