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Legislative Branch
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Senate | Vice president is the leader of the Senate who custs the no breaking law, with 100 seats and you have to be 30 and older to qualify |
| House of reps | 435 seat and a number of reps based of the population of people in your state and and you have to be 25 and older and a u.s citizen for 7 years |
| Bicameral Legislature | Consisting of the 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 a 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 other members |
| sessions | meetings of congress |
| Caucus | meetings of party leaders to determine party policy or party candidates for public office |
| president pro tempore | most days president pro tempore leads senate |
| Implied powers | powers not specifically granted to Congress by u.s constitution that are suggested to be necessary to carry out the powers |
| Impeached | to charge a government official with misconduct |