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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| senate | !00 seats. senator's serve for about 6 years. has to be a U.S citizen for 9 years |
| House of representatives | has 435 seat's . numbers are based on population. need two years |
| bicameral legislature | consisting of two houses as in a law making body. |
| apportioned | to be distributed as in the seat's in the house of representatives |
| Gerrymandering | The process of drawing congressional distribute lines to favor a political party |
| Expulsion | the removal of a person from an institution such as Congress for serious misconduct. |
| Censure | The formal disapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by the other member's |
| sessions | Meeting''s of congress |
| caucus | meeting of party leader to determine party policy or to choose the party candidates for public office. |
| president 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 representatives |
| implied powers | power's not specifically granted to gested to be necessary to carry out the power's delegated to Congress under the constitution. |
| impeach | To charge a government official with misconduct. |