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| two year period of time during which congress meets |
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| period of time during which, each year, congress assembles and conducts business |
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| suspend, as in a session of congress |
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| adjourn, as in a legislative system |
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| an extraordinary session of a legislative body, called to deal with an emergency situation |
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| distribute, as in seats in a legislative body |
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| redistribute, as in seats in a legislative body |
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| congressional election that occurs between presidential election years |
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| electoral district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office |
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| by the voters of an entire governmental unit rather than by the voters of a district or subdivision |
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| drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a candidate |
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| governing unit whose seats are never all up for election at the same time |
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| the people and interests that an election official represents |
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| lawmaker who votes based on his or her conscience and judgment, not the views of her constituents |
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| Lawmaker who owes his/her first allegiance to his/her political and votes according to those lines |
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| Lawmaker who attempts to balance basic elements of the trustee, delegate and partisan roles |
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| Review by legislative communities of the policies and programs of the executive branch |
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| Benefit allowing members of congress to mail letters and other materials postage free |
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