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unit 4 vocab
unit 4 (lowi) vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 17th amendment | the amendment that provides for the direct election of U.S. senators by voters of each state |
| Agenda Setting | Determining the public policy questions to considerd by Congress |
| Apportionment | Graniting political representation to a group of people |
| Appropriation Committee | A standing committee in the House of Reps. that recommend how much money to provide to a federal agencies. |
| Bicameral Legislature | A legilature made up by two parts. The U.S. Congress, composed of the House of Reps. and the senate |
| Bill | the draft of a proposed law presentedto a legilative body for approval |
| Bully pulpit | the "soap box" that the president has and uses to his advantage becasue he has the attention of the press and public |
| Calendar | An agenda, or list, that contains names of bills or resolutions to be considered befor committees or in either chanber or legislature |
| Capital punishment(death penelty) | A sentence of punishment by execution, now limited to the crime of murder |
| Casework | Personal work done for the constituents by members of Congress |
| Census | the counting, every ten years, of the population in the United States, conducted by the Bureau of Census |
| challenger | a candidate for office who dose not currently hold that office, but rather challenges the incumbent office holder |
| check and balances | a major principle of the U.S. Gov each branch of gov holds a limited power |
| Cloture | a parliamentry technique |
| committee chair | the congressional memeber who head a particular committee |
| confrence committee | when bills pass both chambers of Congress in diffrent forms, |
| constituency | the residents of the electoral district, A group of individuals represented by a legislator |
| continuing resolution | a temporary law that Congress passes when an appropriations bill has not been decided by the beginning of the new fiscal year (oct 1) |
| delegate | a persaon authorized to act as a representative of another |
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