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| Qualifications For Elections to Senate |
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| must be at least 30 years old, citizens of US for 9 years before election, and legal residents of the state they represent |
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| Senate bills brought to floor by: |
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| Congressional Budget Office (CBO) |
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| CBO studies economic trends, keep track of how much congressional committees are spending and prepare a budget report each April |
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| a person whom a member of congress has been elected to represent |
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| Government Printing Office (GPO) |
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| GPO does the printing for the entire federal government. Prints the Congressional Record, a daily record of all the bills introduced in both houses and of speeches and testimony in Congress |
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| states if something is not in the US Constitution that doesn't mean you can't do it |
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| Congress has a right to regulate trade and commerce, one of enumerated powers |
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| limits power of President to wage war without approval of Congress |
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| freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal acts |
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| a resolution that covers matters requiring the action of the House and the Senate but on which a law is not needed |
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| Republicans tend to vote in favor of |
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| Federal Grants and Contracts |
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| a sum of money given to a state for a specific purpose |
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| a bill dealing with general matters and applying to the entire nation |
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| Social welfare program in US |
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| laws passed by Congress that appropriate money for local federal projects |
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| head of the state and head of the government, the executive branch |
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| First Hispanic cabinet member |
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| Clinton's inner circle did not include |
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| has original jurisdiction |
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| general trial courts of US federal court system |
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| primary appellate court, had original jurisdiction, highest judicial body in US |
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| the court in which a case is originally tried |
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| US divided into 12 regions each one with |
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