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Legislative Branch
Term | Definition |
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Constituents | the people he or she represents |
Bill | Proposed law |
Interest group | groups of people who work together for similar interests or goals |
Congressional district | the area that a member of the house represents |
Budget | plan for raising and spending money |
Bill of attainder | a law that convicts a person of a crime without a trial |
Speaker of the house | presiding officer of the House of Representatives |
President pro tempore | an officer who will preside over the senate when the vice president is absent |
Floor leader | the chief officers of the majority and minority parties in each house |
Pocket veto | if the president pockets,or keeps,the bill for ten days, during which congress ends its session,the bill will not become law |
Filibuster | which is the use of long speeches to prevent a vote on a bill |
Cloture | agreement to end the debate on a bill |