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Civics Ch 4 Part 1

Civics Chap 4 Voc Part 1

TermDefinition
delegates members of congress, who cast votes based on the wishes of the prople who elected them
trustees votes based on his or her conscience and judgement, not the view of those people at home
partisans owe their allegiance to his/her political part and votes according to the party line
politicos attempt to balance the basic elements of the trustee, deligate, and partisans roles .
bills proposed laws
floor consideration to be considered and and acted upon by the full membership of the house or senate
oversight function process by which congress checks to see that the executive branch agencies are carrying out the policies that congress has set by law
term length of time congressman or president serves
session period of time congress assembles and conducts business.
convene to begin a new session of congress
adjourn suspend or end until the next session
recess a time when both houses of congress temporarily suspends business
porogue adjourn
special session an extraordinary session of a legislative body called to deal with an emergency situation.
franking privilege allows congressman to mail letters and other materials postage free
Luther Patrick described all the many jobs of a congressman, so many that he hardly finds time to study legislation
Nancy Pelosi first woman speaker of the house in 2007
Harry Truman President who called the most recent special session of congress-1948
apportioned distributed
reapportion redistribute or redraw boundary lines
single-member district voters elect one of the states representatives from among a field of candidates
at large elected from the state as a whole
gerrymandering the drawing of electorial district lines to the advantage of a party or group
off year elections congressional elections that are held in nonpresidential years
incumbent the person who currently hold office
continuous body all the seats are never up for election at the same time
constituencies the people and interests that the senators represent
Randy "Duke" Cunningham house representative resigned from office after pleading guilty to bribery charges
James Madison the qualifications and term of the senate were necessary to offset the indecisiveness of the house.
Woodrow Wilson America stands for the sovereignty of self governing people
Robert C. Byrd Senator--holds the all-time record for length of service there--more that 51 years
Bob Packwood senator from Oregon; instances of blatant sexual harrassment ; resigned
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