-The people who live within the particular geographic area he or she represents.

- the process of divvying up additional seats for a state is based upon this for the House of Representatives.

-A special type of act that Congress uses to set aside funds for specific purposes.

-This allows Congress to bring officials in the executive and judicial branches to trial, and potentially remove them from office

- This is additional checks on the executive branch which includes voting to override a veto and conducting checks on how the executive branch is operating and whether it is following laws Congress has passed.

Necessary and proper clause

-Clause of the Constitution from which the implied powers of Congress are derived.

-Tax levied on one person but passed on to another for payment to the government.

- this is how Congress collect most Revenue today it's a tax an individual pays directly to the government.

-Amount by which the government's expenses exceed its revenue. (Debt)

-Clause of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce.

-Legal document that requires a person to testify in a certain matter.

Writ of habeas corpus

-Court order that forces the police to present a person in court to face charges.

-Type of law, explicitly forbidden by the Constitution, which punishes a person without a trial.

-Type of law, explicitly forbidden by the Constitution, which criminalizes actions that take place in the past but were legal at the time.

-Every 10 years the house must undergo this and it is a process that uses the results of the census to redistribute house seats among the states.

-Drawing Congressional District boundaries for political advantage.

- This is the most powerful member and presiding officer of the house.

- This helps manage the actions and strategy of their respective parties in the house, the majority and minority parties each elect this.

-Each party in the house has this who encourages fellow party members to vote as the party leadership wants.

-Whips, floor leaders, and the speaker are elected in this which is a meeting of all the house members from a particular party.

-The house has 20 permanent committees called this.

- These are typically temporary committees and Carry Out tasks not covered by existing committees.

-This is to address issues common to both houses of Congress, members from the house and the Senate sometimes form this.

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Amer. Gov. Chap 5

Question	Answer
Constituents	-The people who live within the particular geographic area he or she represents.
Apportionment	- the process of divvying up additional seats for a state is based upon this for the House of Representatives.
Appropriation	-A special type of act that Congress uses to set aside funds for specific purposes.
Impeachment	-This allows Congress to bring officials in the executive and judicial branches to trial, and potentially remove them from office
Oversight	- This is additional checks on the executive branch which includes voting to override a veto and conducting checks on how the executive branch is operating and whether it is following laws Congress has passed.
Necessary and proper clause	-Clause of the Constitution from which the implied powers of Congress are derived.
indirect Tax	-Tax levied on one person but passed on to another for payment to the government.
Direct Tax	- this is how Congress collect most Revenue today it's a tax an individual pays directly to the government.
Deficit	-Amount by which the government's expenses exceed its revenue. (Debt)
Commerce clause	-Clause of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce.
Subpoenas	-Legal document that requires a person to testify in a certain matter.
Writ of habeas corpus	-Court order that forces the police to present a person in court to face charges.
Bills of attainder	-Type of law, explicitly forbidden by the Constitution, which punishes a person without a trial.
Ex post facto laws	-Type of law, explicitly forbidden by the Constitution, which criminalizes actions that take place in the past but were legal at the time.
Reapportionment	-Every 10 years the house must undergo this and it is a process that uses the results of the census to redistribute house seats among the states.
Gerrymandering	-Drawing Congressional District boundaries for political advantage.
Speaker of the House	- This is the most powerful member and presiding officer of the house.
Bills	-These are proposed laws.
Floor leader	- This helps manage the actions and strategy of their respective parties in the house, the majority and minority parties each elect this.
Whip	-Each party in the house has this who encourages fellow party members to vote as the party leadership wants.
Party caucuses	-Whips, floor leaders, and the speaker are elected in this which is a meeting of all the house members from a particular party.
Standing committees	-The house has 20 permanent committees called this.
Select committees	- These are typically temporary committees and Carry Out tasks not covered by existing committees.
Joint committees	-This is to address issues common to both houses of Congress, members from the house and the Senate sometimes form this.

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