Chapter 6 Vocabulary
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| show | a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
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| census | show 🗑
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| constituent | show 🗑
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| show | an oddly shaped election district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group
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| show | in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which more than half the members belong
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| show | in both the House of representatives and the Senate, the political party to which fewer then half the members belong
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| show | permanent committee that continues work from session to session in its Congress
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| seniority | show 🗑
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| expressed powers | show 🗑
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| implied powers | show 🗑
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| elastic clause | show 🗑
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| show | to accuse government officials of misconduct in office
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| show | a court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person
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| bill of attainder | show 🗑
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| show | a law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed
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| show | the right of senators and representatives to send job-related mail without paying postage
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| lobbyist | show 🗑
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| show | the work that a lawmaker does to help constituents with a problem
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| show | government project grant that primarily benefits the home district or state
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| show | a resolution that is passed by both houses of Congress
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| show | an organization of people with some common interest who try to influence government decisions
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| filibuster | show 🗑
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| show | a procedure used in the Senate to limit debate on a bill
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| show | a voting method in which those in favor say "yea" and those against say "No"
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| show | a voting method in the senate in which members voice their votes in turn
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| show | in Congress, when members stand to be counted for a vote on a bill
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
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