click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
legislative
uyv
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| senate | 100 members Pres pro tempore/ vice president with a six year term |
| house of reps | 435 seats, number of reps are based on state population 2year term. |
| bicameral legislature | 2 houses of legislature as 1 law making body. |
| apportioned | to be distributed, as in the seats in the house of reps |
| gerrymandering | the process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party |
| expulsion | to remove a person from an institute, such as congress, for serious misconduct. |
| censure | the formal dissapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by other members |
| sessions | meetings of congress |
| caucus | meeting of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party's candidates for office |
| Pres pro tempore | the official who presides over the Senate in the vice presidents absence |
| speaker of the house | the presiding officer of the house of reps. |
| implied powers | powers not specifically granted to the congress by the constitution that are suggested to be necessary to carry out the powers delegated to Congress under the constitution |
| impeach | to charge a government official for misconduct |