Civics Chapter 8 Terms
Terms
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- minority party
- party with fewer members in Congress
- majority party
- party with more members in Congress
- caseworker
- handle requests from constituents
- pocket veto
- President keeps a bill for 10 days during which Congress ends its session
- administrative assistant
- run a representative's office in home state and/or in Washington D.C.
- policy
- plan of action designed to achieve a certain goal
- Speaker of the House
- the presiding officer in the House of Representatives; Nancy Pelosi
- congressional district
- area a House member represents
- impeach
- to accuse an official of a serious wrongdoing
- filibuster
- the use of long speeches to prevent a vote on a bill
- War Powers Act
- limits President's power to send troops into combat without approval by Congress
- bill
- a proposed law
- Lobbyist
- people who represent interest groups
- bill of attainder
- law that convicts a person of a crime without a trial
- cloture
- an agreement to end the debate on a bill
- census
- an official count of the population
- president pro tempore
- presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent
- floor leader
- the chief officers of each party in Congress
- ex post facto law
- punishes people who committed an act before a law was passed
- elastic clause
- allows Congress to make all laws that are 'necessary and proper'
- Constituents
- people a member of Congress represent
- budget
- plan for raising and spending money
- whips
- assistant floor leaders
- legislative assistant
- study bills for representatives
- Vice President
- presiding officer in the Senate
- writ of habeas corpus
- can not be held in jail without a charge brought against
- interest group
- group of people who work together for similar interests or goals