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Civics Florida Standard SS.7.C.3.8/9 Processes of Lawmaking

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act   show
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appointment   show
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appointment confirmation   show
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show having two chambers (e.g. the two houses of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives)  
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bill   show
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show persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers  
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show the head justice, the Chief Justice is “first among equals”  
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show a member of the governing body of a city  
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show how representatives and senators are chosen for their assigned committees  
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conference committee   show
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show people public officials are elected to represent  
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show a member of the governing body of a county  
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show a formal statement from a court that orders someone to do or stop doing something  
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show an order that comes from the U.S. President or a government agency and must be obeyed like a law  
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home rule   show
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how a bill becomes a law   show
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impeach   show
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judgment   show
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judicial review   show
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jurisdiction   show
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law   show
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majority leader   show
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show the political party with the most elected members  
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majority vote   show
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mayor   show
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minority leader   show
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show the political party second in number of elected members to the majority party  
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nominate   show
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ordinance   show
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show the formal act of forgiving someone or excusing a mistake  
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show the person who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is not present  
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show the power of the president to nominate persons to fill positions in the federal government  
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show the group of persons elected to manage local public schools  
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show an office identified in Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution; the leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, usually the highest-ranking member of the majority party  
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special committee   show
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show people who are concerned with some particular issue or part of the government and who try to influence legislators to act in their favor  
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show permanent committee that focuses on specific subject areas (e.g. Education and the Workforce Committee)  
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show a member of the Florida House of Representatives (state representative) or Florida Senate (state senator)  
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state representative   show
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show a member of a state legislature (i.e. the Florida Senate)  
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show a law enacted at the state level  
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summary judgment   show
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United States representative   show
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show a member of the U.S. Senate elected to represent an entire state, there are two senators per state  
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show a decision by an executive authority such as a president or governor to reject a proposed law or statue  
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show the procedure to see if the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case; a writ of certiorari is issues when a higher level court agrees to hear an appeal of an inferior court’s decision  
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