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| "whip" congress members into voting for their party |
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| most influential member of the minority |
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| to draw a district's boundaries to gain advantage in elections |
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| group with standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's realtionship |
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| a committee of the House and Senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings to the House and Senate |
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| a person whom a member of congress represents |
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| presiding member of the house |
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| in short, talking a bill to death |
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| a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill |
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| a proposed law to authorize spending money |
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| to accuse a public official of misconduct in office |
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| powers stated directly in the constitution |
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| privilege of having free postage |
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| a vote of formal disapproval of a member's actions |
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| someone whose job is to plan majority party's legislature plan and steer important bills through the House |
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| committee tables a bill and allows it to die |
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| a permanent committee in congress that oversees bills that deal with certain types of issues |
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| temporary joint committee set up when the House and Senate have passed different versions of the same bill |
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| to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete |
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| minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action |
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| president of Senate; votes if there is a tie |
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| a procedure that allows each senator to speak only 1 hour on a bill under debate |
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| president lets bill sit "on his desk" during last ten days congress is in session simply refusing to sign it (congress is adjourned) |
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| congress pay raise is effective after next session |
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| the process of reassigning representation based on population after every census |
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| congress has right to make all laws "necessary and proper" |
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| actual person with most power in senate |
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| Qualifications for Election to US Senate |
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1. 30 years old
2. 9 year citizen
3. legal resident of US |
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| Qualifications for Election to US House of Reps. |
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1. 25 years old
2. 7 year citizen
3. legal resident |
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