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| one who interprets the Constitution narrowly |
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| one who interprets the Constitution broadly |
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| Congress’s power to tax and authorize the spending of the income from taxes |
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| a request to fund a program |
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| the buying and selling of goods or services |
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| protect the rights of writers, artists, and composers to their work for a period of time |
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| enables inventors to control how their inventions are manufactured and sold |
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| powers that are not directly stated to the Constitution but belong to the national government |
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| the power of Congress to oversee how laws are carried out |
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| the permanent Senate committees and subcommittees |
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| a small working group of members of a standing committee |
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| a system that gives the position of committee chairperson to the person, from the majority party who has been on the committee the longest |
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| temporary committees set up to study one topic and report on it to the House or Senate |
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| a committee made up of members of both houses |
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| temporary committees made up of members of both houses set up to work out differences in House and Senate versions of a bill |
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| serve a witness with a legal order to appear before a committee |
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| lying, under oath, in a court of law |
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| (1) rights granted to a state’s citizens that other states may not deny (2) a person will not be charged with any crime that he or she testifies about committing |
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| when a charge is made against a person who refuses to testify |
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| everyone who works for the government, including non elected employees |
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| a power committees hold to add money for certain programs, cutting spending on others, or completely ending funding for some |
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| people that help do work for Congress’s committees and subcommittees |
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| the refusal of the president to spend money that Congress has set aside for a program |
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