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| bicameral | a legislature consisiting of two parts
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| census | a population count taken by the census bureau
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| constituent | a person from a legislature's district
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| gerrymander | an odly shaped election district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group
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| majority party | in both the house of reprisentatives and the senate,the political party to which more than halfthe members belong
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| standing commitee | permamnent committee that continues to work sessino to session in this congress
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| seniority | years of service, which is used as a consideration for assigning comittee nenbers
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| expressed powers | powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution
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| elastic clause | clause in article 1, section 8 of the constitution that gives congress the right to make all laws " necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers
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| impeach | to accuse government officials of misconduct in office
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| writ of habeas corpus | a court order that requires police ot bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person
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| bail of the attainder | a law that punishes a person accused of crime without trail or fair hearing in court
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| ex post facto law | these are laws that make an act a crime after the act has been committed
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| franking privilages | the right of senators and representatives to sen job related mail without paying postage
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| lobbyist | representative of an interest group who contacts lawmakers or other government officials directly to influence their policy making
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| caseowrk | the work that a lawmaker does to help constitute with a problem
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| pork-barrel project | government project grant that primarily benifets ht ehome distrect or state
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| joint resolution | a resolution that is passed by both houses of congress
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| special interests group | an orginazation of people with some common interests who try to influence government decisions
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| filibuster | a tactitc
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