vocabulary Word Scramble
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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 |
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