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legislative branch
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Senate | 100 Senate 6 year term |
| house of repersenativives | 435 people in it congress |
| Bicameral legislatative | Consisting of two houses as in a law making body |
| Apportioned | To distribute seats in the house of refer senatives |
| gerrymandering | The process of drawing congress signal district to favor a political party |
| expulsion | the removal of a person from an institutional such as congress,for serious misconduct |
| censure | The formal disapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by the other members |
| sessions | meetings of congress |
| Caucus | Meetings of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party canidets for public office |
| Speaker of the House | The president officer of the house of repersenatives |
| implied powers | powers not specifically granted to Congress by the U.S constitution that are suggested to be nssray to carry the powers delegated to Congress under the constitution. |
| impeach | To charge a government official with misconduct. |