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Chapter 6 Vocabulary
Civics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a legislature consisting two parts, or houses | Bicameral |
| a population count taken by the Census Bureau | Census |
| a person from a legislator's district | Constituent |
| an oddly shaped election district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group | Gerrymander |
| in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which more than half the members belong | Majority Party |
| in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which fewer than half the members belong | Minority Party |
| permanent committee that continues work from session to session in its Congress | Standing Committee |
| years or service, which is used as a consideration for assigning committee members | Seniority |
| powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in the Constitution | Expressed powers |
| powers that Congress has that are not stated explicitly in the Constitution | Implied Powers |
| clause in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers | Elastic Clause |
| to accuse government officials of misconduct in office | Impeach |
| a court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person | Writ of Habeas Corpus |
| a law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court | Bill of Attainder |
| a law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed | Ex Post Facto Law |
| the right of senators and representatives to send job-related mail without paying postage | Franking Privilege |
| representative of an interest group who contacts lawmakers or other government officials directly to influence their policy making | Lobbyist |
| the work that a lawmaker does to help constituents with a problem | Casework |
| government project grant that primarily benefits the home district or state | Pork-Barrel Project |
| a resolution that is passed by both houses of Congress | Joint Resolution |
| an organization of people with some common interest who try to influence government decisions | Special-Interest Group |
| a tactic for defeating a bill in the senate by talking until the bill's sponsor withdraws it | Filibuster |
| a procedure used in the Senate to limit debate on a bill | Cloture |
| a voting method in which those in favor say "Yea" and those against say "No" | Voice Vote |
| in Congress, when members stand to be counted for a vote on a bill | Standing Vote |
| a voting method in the Senate in which members voice their votes in turn | Roll-Call Vote |
| refusal to sign a bill or resolution | Veto |
| president's power to kill a bill, if Congress is not in session, by not signing it for 10 days | Pocket Veto |
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