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| two houses of congress, house of representatives and the senate |
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| a meeting to deal with some emergency situations |
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| the consitution provides that the number of seat sin the house shall be apportioned among the states on the basis of their population |
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| congressional elections held between presidential elections |
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| the act of drawing congressional distritcs the advantage of the political party that controls the state legislature |
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| the senate is a continuous body which means all seats are never up for election at the same time |
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| the process by which congress,through comittees, check to see that the agencies of the executive branch are working hard |
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| the power of congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade in the commerce clause of the constitution |
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| the practice of spending more money than received in revenue and borrowing to make up the difference |
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| the inherent piwer to take private property for public use |
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| necessary and proper clause |
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| this gives congress the power to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into executiuon of the foregoing powers and all other poweres vested by the constitution in the governemnt of the USA |
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| were led by thomas jefferson , argued that congress should nly be able to exercise its expressed powers and those implied powers absolutely necessary to carry out those expressed powers |
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| led by alexander hamilton, favored liveral interpretation of the constitutuon, a broad interpretation of the powers given to congress |
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| the constitution grants congress the power of removing the president, vice president, or other civil officers from their office through impoeachment |
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| the president officer of hte house of represenatatives and the acknowledged leader of the majority party |
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| a closed meeting of the members of each party in each house which deals with the matters of the partys organization |
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| the party whip assist the floor leaders and serve as a liasiom between the party's leadership and its file members |
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| an unwritten custom holds that the most important posts will be held by those party members with the longest records of service in congress |
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| a proposed law presented to the house or senate for consideration |
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| an attempt to "talk a bill to death" |
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| the president refuses to sign a bill |
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