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Legislative Branch Vocab
Legislative Branch Vocab
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12th Grade
02/23/2012

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Session
Definition
Time when Congress meets
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Censure
Definition
Formal disapproval of one of its members
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President Pro Tempore
Definition
A senior member of the majority
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Expressed Powers
Definition
Power to tax, regulate trade, establish postal system and declare war
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Cloture
Definition
To bring an end to the debate
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Immunity
Definition
Freedom from prosecution
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Minority Leader
Definition
Minority partys floor leader
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Conference Committee
Definition
A joint committee of Congress made up of members of both the house and senate that meet to work out problems with bills
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Bill
Definition
Proposed law
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Franking
Definition
Privallege of Congress allows members to send job related...
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Filibuster
Definition
Tactic used in Senate to talk a bill
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Joint Committee
Definition
Committee of Congress made of both house and senate
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Select Committee
Definition
Committee of Congress that is created to do a special job for a limited time
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Seniorite Committee
Definition
System that gives the prefered committee spots to members of Congress who served the longest
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GerryMandering
Definition
Creating odd shaped districts for election purposes
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Majority Leader
Definition
Majority's floor leader
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Speaker of the House
Definition
Experienced member in the House of Representatives in the leader of the house
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Expulsion
Definition
To remove a Congress member
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