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Legislative Voc. CHS
Richter-Government-Legislative-CHS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Before I am a law, I must be this. | bill |
| A secret meeting held to elect a leader. | caucus |
| An assistant to the leaders in Congress. | Whip |
| Taken every ten years to ascertain the population of the nation. | census |
| A two-house legislature. | bicameral |
| I believe that less government is best government. | conservative |
| At this, I am given a title and a number. | first reading |
| The leader of the House of Representatives. | Speaker of the House |
| The killing of a bill by neglect. | pigeonhole |
| A vote to end a filibuster. | cloture |
| To speak endlessly in order to stall a vote or kill a bill. | filibuster |
| Another name for the elastic clause. | implied powers |
| The currently elected official. | incumbent |
| The power that lets the government do something because it's the government. | inherent power |
| An attempt by Congress to deny someone their legally elected seat in Congress. | exclusion |
| The president's rejection of a bill. | veto |
| Those powers written in Article 1, Section 8. | expressed or delegated powers |
| All those people who work for the federal government. | bureaucracy |
| The order in which bills will be considered. | calendar |
| An official accusation of a crime against a sitting politician. | impeach |
| The president's refusal to spend money that Congress has approved for a project. | impoundment |
| A 12 month accounting period. | fiscal year |
| I can happen within ten days of Congress adjouring. | pocket veto |
| I am in the final months of my term and I can't be re-elected. | lame duck |
| If you give her time to express her views on the new tax proposal, you must give me my time. | equal time doctrine |
| I believe the government should do everything possible for the country. | liberal |
| I vote according to my values, not according to the political parties' values. | independent |
| A hitch-hiker attached to a bill. | rider |
| The president's ability to veto a line in a bill without vetoing the whole bill. | line item veto |
| All of the people a Congressman represents. | constituents |
| The early leader in a political contest. | front runner |
| The leader in the Senate after the Vice-President. | president pro tempore |
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