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Legislative branch
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Senate | upper assembly in Congress |
| House of representatives | the other half of legislative branch |
| Bicameral Legislative | consisting of two houses as in a 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 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 members |
| sessions | meetings of congress |
| caucus | meeting of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party's |
| President pro tempore | the official who decides over the Senate in the vice president absence |
| implied powers | powers not specifically granted to Congress by U.S constitution that are suggested to be nececessary to carry out powers delegated to Congress under the constitution |
| impeach | to change a government official with misconduct |