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| complex system with many departments, many rules, and many people in the chain of command |
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| a group of people who share the same interests and concerns |
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| to call up people for military service |
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| Things we are required to do |
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| an obligation that we fufill voluntarily |
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| respecting and accepting others, regardless of their beliefs, practices, or differences |
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| the health, prosperity, and happiness of the members of a community |
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| a person from a legislator's district |
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| clause in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers |
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| a tactic for defeating a bill in the senate by talking until the bill's sponsor withdraws it |
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| an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group |
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| representative of an interest group who contacts lawmakers or other government officials directly to influence their policy making |
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| government projects and grants that primarily benefit the home district or state |
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| years of service, which is used as a consideration for assigning committee members |
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