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the preciding officer in the house or representatives Speaker of the House
divisions of the state in each of which the voters elect one member of the House of Representatives Congressinal District
a meeting of party leaders to determine the party’s policy on proposed laws or to choose the party’s candidates for public office Party Caucuses
the political party that has the most members in Congress or in a state legislature The Majority Party
the political party that has fewer members in Congress or in the state legislature The Minority Party
the official who presides over the Senate when the vice president is absent President Pro tempore
a temporary committee made up of members of both houses of Congress that is formed to reach a compromise on a bill passed in different forms by each house Conference Committee
the senator from each state who was elected first Senoir Senator
Congress can mail stuff free of charge Franking Privilage
to remove a member of congress by a vote posed by the rest of the Congress Expulsion
a vote of disapproval of a congressman’s actions Censure
bills that call for the spending of public money; must be introduced in the House of Representatives Appropriation Bill
a person who is paid to represent an interest group’s point of view at congressional committee hearings and who tries to influence members of Congress Lobbyist
a method in the Senate of delaying or preventing a vote on a bill by making long speeches Fillibuster
when a president exercises his authority and vetoes a bill; president refuses to sign a bill into law Presidential Veto
when a president does not formally veto a bill, but keeps the bill 10 days so the bill cannot become law Pocket Veto
allows Congress to stretch the powers listed in the Constitution to cover other subjects Elastic Clause
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