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Legislative vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| senate | upper assembly in congress |
| house of representatives | the other half of legislative branch |
| Bicameral Legislative | consisting |
| 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 a member of Congress by the other memeber |
| sessions | meetings of congress |
| President Pro Tempore | the official who presides over the Senate in the vice president adsence |
| Speaker of the house | the president officer of the house of representatives |
| implied powers | powers not specifically granted to Congress by u.s constitution that are suggested to be necessary to carry out powers delegated to Congress under the constitution. |
| impeach | to charge a government official with misconduct |
| caucus | meeting of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party's |