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Branch Vocab.docx
Term | Definition |
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Appoint | Assign a job or role to someone |
Approve | Officially agree or accept |
Bicameral | Two house legislature |
Budget | A plan for spending money |
Bureaucracy | All government agencies working together |
Cabinet | Committee of advisors to the Executive |
Checks & Balances | System of government ensuring limited government |
Concurrent powers | Powers shared by national and state governments |
Confirm | Make an appointment formally valid |
Congress | Branch of government that makes laws |
Enforce | Carry out laws; make sure laws are followed |
Executive | Branch of government that enforces laws |
Expressed powers | Powers specifically stated in the Constitution for the national government |