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| A system in which power is divided between the national and state government |
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| A statement in Article VI of the Constitution establishing that the Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties of the United States "shall be the supreme Law of the Land" |
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| The division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government |
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| The system where each branch of government exercises some control over the others |
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| 10 amendments that limits the powers of government |
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| Powers directly stated in the Constitution |
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| Powers that the government requires to carry out the expressed constitutional powers |
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| Powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a government |
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| To draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections |
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| Elected officials that are already in office |
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| People who a members of Congress have been elected to represent |
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The Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party's legislative program to steer important bills through the house |
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The Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the minority party's legislative program to steer important bills through the house
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| A permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kind of issues |
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| A committee of the House and the Senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings back to the House and the Senate |
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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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| When a president kills a bill passed during the last 10 days Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it |
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| The power to veto only certain lines or items in a bill |
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| A continuing review by Congress of how effectively the executive branch carries out the laws Congress passes |
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| Approval of government spending |
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| Interest group reoresentative |
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