Civ Voc 6
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- Constitutional clause giving Congress authority to strech its powers to meet new needs
- Elastic Clause
- act of accusing public officials of misconduct reserved to the House of Representatives
- Impeach
- Party in Congress with fewer than half the seats
- Minority
- Population count performed each decade used to apportion the number of seats for a state in the House of Representatives
- Census
- to draw an irregularly shaped voting district theat ensures one party's numeric superiority
- Gerrymander
- Person hired by a private group to affect lawmakers' decision-making processes
- Lobbyist
- Privilege allowing members of Congress to avoid paying postage for business-related mail
- Franking
- party from which the Speaker of the House is always drawn
- Majority
- unconstitutional law that makes an act illegal after its completion
- Ex post facto
- citizen in a voting district represented by public officals at local, state, or federal levels
- Constituent
- system of awarding key congressional responsibilties to members of the majority party who have been in Congress the longest
- Seniority
- congressional powers given indirectly and not stated explicitly in the Constitution
- Implied