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Voc. #1 Oct. 2014
Richter-Government-Voc. #1 Oct. 2014
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bill | proposed law |
| incumbent | the person who currently holds the position |
| President Pro Tempore | takes the place of the Senate president in his absence. Means president for the time |
| proportional representation | the more people a state has, the more representatives it get in the House |
| Federalist Papers | 85 papers written by Madison, Hamilton, Jay arguing for the Constitution my New York |
| Publius | pen name for the writers of the Federalist Papers |
| strict construction | someone who thought if the power wasn't written in the Constitution, it couldn't be done |
| loose constructionist | someone who interpreted the Constitution broadly |
| cloture | a vote to end a filibuster or call for a vote on a bill |
| filibuster | continuous talking in the Senate in the hopes of killing or stalling a vote on a bill |
| pigeonhole | to keep postponing a bill until it dies of neglect |
| Speaker of the House | the most powerful leader in the House-always comes from the majority party |
| minority leader | most powerful leader of the minority party in Congress |
| majority leader | second most powerful leader in the House, but the most powerful in the Senate, comes from the majority party |
| Federalists | those who wanted to see the Constitution ratified |
| Anti-Federalists | those who opposed the ratification primarily because it didn't have a Bill of Rights |
| Whip | floor leader in both houses of congress |
| constituents | all the people a congressman represents |