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| A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person |
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| Permanent committees that continues work from session to session in Congress |
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| Years of service, which is used as a consideration for assigning committee membership in Congress |
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| Powers that Congress has that are not stated explicitly in the Constitution |
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| To accuse government officials of corrupt conduct in office |
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| An oddly shaped election district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group |
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| Powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in the Constitution |
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| Law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed |
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| Gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out this expresses power |
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| A person from a legislators district |
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| A law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or due process |
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| The right of a Congressmen to send job-related mail without paying postage |
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| A tactic for defeating a bill in the Senate by talking until the bills sponsor withdraws it |
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| A rule or command that has the force of law |
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| A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice-president |
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| A procedure used in the Senate to limit debate on a bill |
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| A procedure used in the Senate to limit debate on a bill |
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| A resolution that is passed by both houses of Congress |
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| Refusal to sign a bill or a resolution |
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| Government project that primarily benefits the home district or state |
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| Presidential Succession Act |
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| Act which indicates that line of succession after the vice-president |
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| President's power to kill a bill, if Congress in not in session |
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| The collective agencies and employess of the executive branch |
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| A nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations |
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| A declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment |
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| An order to delay a person's punishment until a higher court can hear the case |
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| A formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries |
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| An agreement between the president and the leader of another country |
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| An agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a nation |
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| Person hired into a government position |
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| A group of advisors to the the president that includes the heads of 15 executive departments |
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| A pardon to a group of people |
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| An official representative of a country's government |
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