legislative branch (mr. burby)
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caddy-jones on November 13, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 impeachment | congress has the power to expel elected officails for comitting crimes |
| subcommittee | a committee composed of some members of a larger committee |
| census | an officail count or survery of a population |
| senator | a member of a senate |
| representative | a person who is elected by citizens to speak or act for them |
| bicameral | having two branches or chambers |
| pocket veto | when a president kills a bill passed during the last 10 days Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it |
| pigeon hole | to not act on the bill so it will die |
| cloture | a procedure used in the senate to limit debate on a bill |
| lobbyist | person who tries to persuade someone to support a particular cause |
| filibuster | to attempt to block a bill from becoming law by speaking at length against it |
| committees | -education -agricuture -urban affairs -natural research -homeland security -ways and means -armed forces -ethics -judicairy -energy and commerce |
| 1787 | the constitution was adopted |
| hopper | a box into which a proposed legislative bill is dropped and thereby officailly introduced |
| whip | -responsible for assisting the leaders -maintaining communications -counting voted -persuading members to vote |
| bill | a proposed law under consideration by a legislature |
| the powers of congress | necessary and proper clause, which gives congress the power do to whatever is necessary and proper |
| speaker of the house | -John Boehner -leader of the house of representatives -administers the oath -gives permission for members to speak -oversees votes -2nd in line to president |
| legislative branch | congress has 2 parts: house of representatives and senate |
| the senate | -not subject to public opinion -senators are elected every 6 years -every state has 2 seats regardless of population |
| the house of representatives | -a state's population determines how many reps. they will have in the house -435 -all reps. get elected every 2 years |
| bill > law | 1. introduced 2. comittee hearings 3. floor action 4. return to original house (or skips #4) 5. bill goes to government 6. bill becomes a law |
| district 1 | shelley berkley |
| district 2 | mark amodei |
| district 3 | Joe Heck |
| US senate majority leader, nevada (D) | harry reid |
| senator from nevada | dean heller |
| senate | upper house of the US congress |
| year consitution was written | 1787 |
| year declaration was written | 1776 |
| article 1 | legislative branch |
| main parts of the consitution | article 1- legislative article 2- executive article 3- judicairy |
| republican government | a form of government in which citizens elect their leaders to manage the government for the common good |
| federalists papers | series of essays that defended the constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the federal government |
| terms of service of a congressman | 2 years |
| terms of service of a senator | 6 years |
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