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administrative assistant
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a person employed to aid an executive, as in a corporate department, by coordinating such office services and procedures as the supervision, maintenance, and control of the flow of work and programs, personnel, budgeting, records, etc.,
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appropriation
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appropriations bill
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A proposed law to authorize spending money
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at-large
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As a whole
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bicameral legislature
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relative to a two-house legislative body
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bill
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A purposed law
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calendar
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a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress
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casework
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The work a lawmaker does to help constituents with problems
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caseworker
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A member of a lawmaker's personal staff who handles requests help from constituents
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caucus
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a private meeting of party leaders choose candidates for office
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censure
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a vote of formal disapproval of a member's actions
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census
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a population count
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cloture
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A procedure that allows each senator to speak only 1 hour on a bill under debate
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committee staff
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the people who work for House and Senate
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constituent
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A person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
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contempt
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willful obstruction of justice
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expressed powers
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powers directly stated in the Constution
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filibuster
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a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legistlative process and preventing a vote
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gerrymander
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to draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in election
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hearing
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a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
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immunity
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freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal acts
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impeachment
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A formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public offical
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implied powers
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powers the government requires to carry out its expressed constitutional powers
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impoundment
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the president's refusal to spend money Congress has voted to fund a program
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interstate commerce
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trade agreement between 2 or more states
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legislative assistant
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a member of a lawmaker's personal staff who makes certain that the lawmaker is well informed about the proposed legislative
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legislative veto
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the provisions congress wrote into some laws that allowed it to review and cancel actions of executive
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logrolling
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an agreement by two or more lawmakers to support each other's bill
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majority leader
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the Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party's legislative program and to steer important bills throught the House
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national budget
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the yearly financial plan for the federal government
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necessary and proper clause
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Article 1 section 8, of the Constitution, which gives congress the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out its duties
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perjury
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lying under oath
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personal staff
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the people who work directly for individal senators and representatives
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pork-barrel legislation
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laws passed by congress that appropate money for local federal powers
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president pro tempore
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the Senate member elected by the Senate who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president
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private bill
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a bill dealing with individual people or places
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public bill
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a bill dealing with general matters and applying to the entire nation
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quorum
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the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative bodyto take offical actions
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reapportionment
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the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every cencus
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redistrict
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to set up new district lines after reappointing is complete
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revenue bill
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a law passed to raise money
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rider
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a provision included in a bill on a subject other than the one covered in the bill
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session
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simple resolution
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subpoena
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veto
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whip
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