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Unit 3 Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Legislative Branch Branch that creates laws, made up of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Impeachment When the Legislative Branch votes on an office holder to be fired or not.
Appropriations Taking someone's property without their consent, which is their permission.
Speaker of the House The Leader for the House of Representatives House in the Legislative Branch.
Bicameral Having two Legislative houses in the Legislative Branch
Vice President The rank lower than a President, helps the country in times of need when the President isn't there.
Standing committee A type of committee that meets on a daily basis.
Majority Party A type of party that holds much power in political matters.
Redistricting A way to have more areas to vote in.
Re-apportionment Taking property away from someone again.
President Pro Tempore The person in the Senate that has about the Second to Highest power in the Senate.
Filibuster A speech that tells of what the Legislative has done and what it should do next.
Constituents Leaders to representatives
Census An organization in the FBI that collects information about people.
Conference Committee People from the Congress appointed by the 2 Houses of Legislature to talk about fixing bills.
Joint Session When the Two Houses of Legislature come together in one place to speak about a specific matter they could be wondering about.
Implied Powers Powers not specifically written in the Constitution that are still given to the people.
Minority Party A party that does the same thing as the majority party, but has less power to do what the majority party does.
Lobbyist Persuasion to help change someone's idea about a political matter.
Checks and Balances A system that gives each branch of government the same amount of power, and the branches could stop other branches from having too much power.
Interest groups Groups of people that come together to support an idea of theirs.
Cloture A way of closing a debate between people.
Bill A draft of a amendment for the future that must be approved by the legislative first to be considered giving it to the other branches to revise.
Expulsion Banning something for a long period of time, or forever.
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