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Unit 3 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Legislative Branch | The branch that makes laws |
| Impeachment | When most of the members of the House of Representatives expel a member because they did something bad |
| Appropriations | Authorizes the government to spend money, It's a bill that sets money aside for specific spending |
| Speaker of the House | The presiding officer of the House of Representatives |
| Bicameral | Legislature with two houses |
| Vice President | A constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States |
| Standing Committee | A permanent committee that meets regularly |
| Majority Party | A party with the most amount of members having electoral strength to permit it to win control of a government |
| Redistricting | The process of drawing electoral district boundaries in the U.S |
| Re-apportionment | The process by which seats in a legislative body are redistributed according to population |
| President Pro Tempore | Acts in place of the Vice President of the United States Senate if they are absent |
| Filibuster | Any attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter by debating it at length |
| Constituents | People having the power to appoint or elect |
| Census | An official count or survey of a population |
| Conference committee | Appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill |
| Joint Session | A gathering of members of the two chambers of the bicameral legislature |
| Implied Powers | Powers that aren't stated in the Constitution, but are necessary and proper to carry out anyways |
| Minority Party | A party with the least amount of members that plays a smaller role in the country's politics and elections |
| Lobbyist | A person who attempts to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of legislators |
| Checks and Balances | Given to the branches of government to keep the other two branches from being too powerful |
| Interest Groups | An organized group that tries to influence the government to adopt certain policies or measures |
| Cloture | A procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote |
| Bill | Passed through Congress, have to be approved by President to be made into a law |
| Expulsion | The most serious form of disciplinary action that can be taken against a Member of Congress |
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