civics chpt.6
Terms
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- elastic clause
- ......is (CLAUSE 18), allowed Congress to stretch its powers to meet new needs
- writ of habeas corpus
- ..... is a court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why their holding person
- census
- ....is a meeting of political party members ot conduct party buisness
- bill of attainder
- .....is a law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing of court
- veto
- refusal to sign a bill or resolution
- special intrest group
- ......an organization of people with some common intrest who try to influence gov't decisions
- cloture
- .....is a procedure used in Senate to limit debate on a bill
- casework
- ...... is work lawmaker does to help the constitution
- pocket veto
- presidents power to kill a bill, if Congress is not in session, by not signing it for 10 days
- gerryymander
- ......is an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particullar group.
- franking privillage
- ......is right of senators and representatives to send job related mail without paying post
- voice vote
- a voting method in which those in favor say "YEA" and those against says "NO"
- implied powers
- ..... are powers Congress has that are not stated explicitly in the Constitution
- senority
- ..... is years of sevice, which is used as a consideration for asigning committee members
- minority party
- .....is a political party to which fewer than half the members
- impeach
- .....is to accuse gov,t officials of misconduct in office
- pork barrel project
- ....is a gov't project that grants that primary benifit home district or stage
- expressed powers
- .....is the first 17 clauses list specific
- ex post facto law
- ....is a law that allows a person to be punished for an action that was not against
- roll call vote
- a voting method in the Senate in which members voice their votes in turn
- fillibuster
- a tactic for defeating a bill in th eSenate by talking until bills sponsors withdraws it
- majority party
- ....is both House and Senate the political party to which more than half the members
- bicameral
- ...... is a legislature consisting of 2 parts, or houses
- lobbyist
- ...... is people hired from a private group to influence gov't decisions
- standing committee
- ....is a permanet committees that continue their work from session to session in Congress
- joint
- ....is resoulution that is passes by both houses of congress
- constituent
- ....is a person from a legislature district
- rider
- ....is a completley unrelated amendment tacked on to a bill