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Civics Vocab
Government vocab
Term | Definition |
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Budget | a plan on how to spend money on different things |
Cabinet | a group of people who help run the government with the President |
Legislate | to make laws |
Congress | the legislative branch of government where laws are made: House of Representatives and the Senate |
Appoint | to give a job to someone |
Bicameral | two houses--Congress consists of two houses; the House or Representatives and the Senate. |
Bureaucracy | an organization where decisions are made with lower levels of authority. Those people are managed by higher level people that oversee them. |
Veto | The way the President says “NO” to a Bill. |
Committee | groups of Congress members who look into an issue and then give reports. They also work on Bills, sometimes amending them. |
Propose | to suggest or request |
Bill | a proposed law; a suggested law When someone wants to make a law, they write a Bill. |