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Appoint: Assign a job or role to someone
Approve: Officially agree or accept
Bicameral: Two house legislature (senate; house of representatives)
Budget: A plan for spending money
Bureaucracy: All government agencies working together
Cabinet: Committee of advisors to the Executive
Checks & Balances: System of government ensuring limited government
Concurrent powers: Powers shared by national and state governments
Confirm: Make an appointment formally valid
Congress: Branch of government that makes laws
Enforce: Carry out laws; make sure laws are followed
Executive:- Branch of government that enforces laws
Expressed powers: Powers specifically stated in the Constitution for the national government
Implied powers: Powers not stated but necessary to carry out expressed powers (DUH)
Interpret: explain the meaning of
Judicial review: - check to see if laws and acts are Constitutional
Legislation: Laws
Override: Cancel or reject a veto
President: - Head of the Executive Branch
Revenue: All income received by the government
Separation of powers: Division of powers among 3 equal branches of government
Supreme Court: Highest court in the land which interprets laws and the Constitution
Unconstitutional: Not in agreement with the Constitution
Veto: Not in agreement with the Constitution
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