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chap 6

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bicameral   a legislature consisting of two parts  
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census   a population Cort taken by the census butane  
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constituent   being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect  
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gerrymander   an oddly shaped election district designed to increase the vetoing of a particular group  
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majority party   in both the house representatives  
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standing commitee   permanent committee that continues work from sessions to sessions in its congress  
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expressed powers   powers that the congress has that are specifically listed in the constitutions  
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elastic clause   it gives congress he right to make laws  
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impeach   a accuse government officials of misconduct  
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writ of hastes corpus   a court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person  
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bill of attain   a law that punishes a person accused for a crime without a trail or a fair hearing in court  
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ex post facto law   a law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when commited  
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franking privilege   the right the senator and representatives to send job related mail without paying postage  
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lobbyist   representative of a interest group who contact lawmakers or other government official directly in influence their policy waking.  
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casework   the work that a lawmaker does to help constituents with a problem.  
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pork-barrel project   a government project grant primarily benefit the home district or state  
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joint resolution   a resolution that us passed by both house of congress  
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special interest group   an organization of people with the same common interest who try to influence the government  
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filibuster   a tactual for defecting a bill in senate by taking until the bill of supreme withdraw it.  
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cloture   a procedure in senate to limit debate on a bill  
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voice vote   acting method in which those in favor those with says "yes" and those in against say "no"  
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standing vote   in congress when members stand to counted for vote on a bill  
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rool call vote   a voting method in the senate in which member voice their opinions  
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veto   refusal to sign the bill or resolution  
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pocket vote   president power to kill a bill of congress is out in session not signing in for 10 days.  
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minority party   in both house of of the representatives and the senate ,political party which which fewer than half the member belong  
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serenity   years of service, which is used as a consideration for assigning committee members  
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implied powers   powers that congress has that are no stared explicitly in the constitution  
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