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vocabulary
legislative branch
| word | deffenition |
|---|---|
| bicamral | a legislature of 2 parts or houses |
| constituent | a detailed written plan of gov't |
| majority party | the party with more than half of the senate or house of reps |
| minority party | the party with less than half of the senate or house of reps |
| speaker of the house | most powerful person in the house of reps |
| president pro tempor | person who acts like a charman in the senate |
| standing comity | thay continue there work session to session |
| select committees | a spetial job for short period of time |
| joint committees | committees that consist of both houses |
| expressed powers | powers given to congres in the constitution |
| implied powers | powers congress have but are not writen |
| writ of habeas corpus | to explain why thay are holding a person |
| bills of attainder | a law that punishes a person accused of a crime |
| ex post facto laws | punished for a crime you did befor it was a law |