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leg branch vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| senate | The senate has six year term with pres, vp ect |
| House of representatives | Have 2 year term, speakers of congress |
| Bicameral legislature | consisting of two houses as in law buy |
| apportioned | to distribute as in the spats in house of reps. |
| Gerrymandering | The process of drawing congressional district to favor political parties. |
| Expulsion | The removal of a person from institutional congress |
| censure | formal disapproval of actions in congress |
| sessions | meeting of congress |
| caucus | meet of party leaders to determine party police, conditions for public office. |
| President Pro Tempore | The official who presides over the Senate in vps absent |
| Speaker of the house | The presiding officer of the house of representatives |
| Implied poers | Powers not specifically granted to confess by constitution sugesting nessesary powers |
| Impeach | To charge a gov official with misconduct |