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Unit 3 Vocab.
Question | Answer |
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People in congressional districts | Constituents |
The process of redrawing the boundaries of districts | Redistricting |
When senators and representatives meet together to hear the President's State of the Union Address | Joint Session |
A permanent committee that specializes in a particular topic | Standing Committee |
A proposed law | Bill |
"President of the Senate for the time being" when the vice president is absent | President Pro-Tempore |
Leader of the House of Representatives | Speaker of the House |
A joint committee that helps members of the Senate and the House of Representatives work together | Conference Committee |
This person votes in the Senate in case of a tie | Vice President |
The party with the most members in Congress | Majority Party |
The party with fewer members in Congress | Minority Party |
Groups of the people who work together for similar interests or goals | Interest Groups |
A two-house legislature | Bicameral |
Powers listed in Article 1 of the Constitution | Expressed Powers |
To force a member of Congress to leave because of wrong doing or dishonesty | Expulsion |
Funds for specific use | Appropriations |
The redistribution of legislative seats according to population | Reapportionment |
People who represent interest groups | Lobbyists |
A system in which each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other two branches | Checks and Balances |
Freedom by senators to kill a bill continuously talking until the bill is withdrawn | Filibuster |
This limits a senator to debate for no more than one hour and its use must be voted on by the senate | Cloture |
A process for counting a nation's population | Census |
a power not expressly named in the Constitution | Implied Powers |
The branch of government that makes the laws | Legislative Branch |
To accuse and official of wrong doings | Impeach |