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Unit 3 L.B.V
Term | Definition |
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Legislative Branch | Make laws. |
Impeachment | To accuse and official of wrong doings. |
Appropriations | Funds for specific use. |
Speaker of the House | Leader of the House of Representatives. |
Bicameral | Two house, as in a legislature with two houses. |
Vice President | This person votes in the Senate in case of a tie. |
Standing committee | Permanent legislative group established by U.S representative house. |
Majority party | The party with the most members in Congress . |
Redistricting | The process of redrawing the boundaries of districts. |
Re-apportionment | The redistribution of legislative seats according to population. |
President Pro Tempore | "President of the Senate for the time being" when the vice president is absent. |
Filibuter | Use of long speeches to prevent a vote on bill in the senate. |
Constituents | The people a member of of congress represent. |
Census | An official count of the populations made in every ten years to find out how many representatives each state should have government provide. |
Conference committee | A joint committee that helps members of the Senate and the House of Representatives work together. |
Joint session | When senators and representatives meet together to hear the President's State of the Union Address. |
Implied powers | Powers authorized by the Constitution that, while not stated. |
Minority party | The party with fewer members in Congress. |
Lobbyist | People who present interest group. |
Checks and balances | The system that gives each of the three branches of government way to limit the powers of other two. |
Interest group | A group of people who work together for similar interest or goals. |
Cloture | This limits a senator to debate for no more than one hour and its use must be voted on by the senate. |
Bill | A proposed law. |
Expulsion | To force a member of Congress to leave because of wrong doing or dishonesty. |