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Unit 4
Government 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bicameral | 2 houses |
| What state has a unicameral legislature? | Nebraska |
| What are the qualifications to be a rep.? | 25 years old, US citizen for 7 years, and a legal resident of the state to run for office |
| How many years is a term for a rep.? | 2 years |
| Census | A count of all Americans taken every 10 years |
| Gerrymandering | Re-drawing district lines to favor the political party in power |
| Incumbent | Person currently serving in office |
| What are the qualifications to be in the senate? | 30 years old, US citizen for 9 years, and legal resident of state to run |
| How many years is a term for a senate? | 6 years |
| Franking privilege | Free mail |
| Privileges | $174,000, tax breaks for two houses, health insurance, lifetime pension |
| Special protections | Cant be arrested when attending congress or on their way to congress, can't be sued for anything they say on the floor of the house or senate |
| Censure | Vote to "disapprove" of a member's action |
| Filibuster | When a senator talks a bill to death (only in the senate) |
| Quorum | Minimum number of member needed to have a vote |
| Constituents | Citizens and voters |
| Expressed power | Specifically given to government |
| Implied power | Not written , but "necessary" |
| Majority leader | Is most powerful person in senate |
| Whip | Assistant to the majority and minority leaders |
| Vice president | The president of the senate but only votes to break ties |
| Senate president pro tempore | Longest serving member |
| Congressional committees | Where most of the work gets done |
| Tabling | Killing a bill in committee by preventing a vote on it |
| Standing committee | Permanent (judiciary) |
| Select committee | Temporary and focused on one issue |
| Joint committee | Committee of both houses and parties |
| Conference committee | House and senate comes together to compromise on a bill |
| Administrative assistant | Runs the law makers office |
| Legislative assistant | Helps write the laws for a congressman |
| Caseworker | Help constituents with their problems |
| Bills of attainder | Congress is not allowed to establish guilt and punish people with out allowing them a trail |
| Writ of herbs corpus | Order to release a person thats been jailed, possibly illegally |
| Ex post facto laws | Means "after the fact" congress cannot make it illegal to have done something that was legal when a person did it |
| Power to tax | All tax bills must start in the house of rep |
| Revenue | Money |
| Appropriation | Deciding who gets money and how much they get |
| Deficit | The amount of money we are in the hole for one year |
| Debt | The total amount of all our yearly deficits |
| Indictment | Means there is enough evidence to have a rail |
| Oversight | Congress's power to watch exec. branch and make sure it enforces the law |
| Hopper | A box at the front of each house where legislators drop their new bills |
| Who is the most powerful person in the senate? | Majority leader |
| Apportionment | Establishment of the legislative districts from which members are elected |
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