The Congress Study Guide
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- Please write two meaningful sentences that are related to each of the following (120 )terms. One can be a definition, and the other an example or two of the terms relevance from the text. This discipline insures that you have improved comprehension and command of the material. (Remember to double space between terms for easier viewing).
- Ch. 10
- Bicameralism
- term
- session
- special session
- apportioned
- reapportion
- Congressional Election Date
- Off-Year Election
- Districts
- single-member district
- at-large
- Gerrymandering
- gerrymandered
- Wesberry VS Sanders
- Qualifications for House Members
- continuous body
- Election and Terms
- Qualifications for Senators
- Interpreting Tables
- Personal and Political Backgrounds
- Jeanette Rankin
- Duties of the Job
- constituents
- oversight function
- Trustees
- Delegates
- Partisans
- Politicos
- Other Roles
- Compensation
- Nonsalary Compensation
- The Politics of Pay
- Membership Privileges
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- Ch. 11
- Congressional Power
- Strict Versus Liberal Construction
- strict constructionist
- liberal constructionists
- The Power to Tax
- direct tax
- indirect tax
- The Power to Borrow
- Commerce Power
- The Currency Power
- Legal Tender
- Bankruptcy
- Foreign Relations and War Powers
- Foreign Relations Powers
- War Powers
- Additional Powers of Congress
- Naturalization
- The Postal Power
- Copyrights and Patents
- copyright
- patent
- Weights and Measures
- Power Over Territories and Other Areas
- eminent domain
- Judicial Powers
- Necessary and Proper Clause
- The Battle of Implied Powers
- McCulloch vs Maryland 1819
- The Doctrine in Practice
- Constitutional Amendments
- Electoral Duties
- Impeachment
- impeach
- Executive Powers
- Investigatory Power
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- Ch. 12
- Congress Convenes
- Opening Day in the House
- Opening Day in the Senate
- The Presidents State of the Union Message
- The Presiding Officers
- Speaker of the House
- president of the senate
- president pro tempore
- Floor Leaders and Other Party Officers
- The Floor Leaders
- floor leaders
- whip
- The Party Caucus
- party caucus
- Committee chairman
- Seniority Rule
- Criticism of Seniority Rule
- Standing Committees
- The House Rules Committee
- Select Committees
- Joint and Conference Committees
- joint committee
- conference committee
- Creating and Introducing Bills
- Types of Bills and Resolutions
- Bills
- Joint Resolutions
- Concurrent resolutions
- Resolutions
- The First Reading
- The Bill in Committee
- discharge petition
- subcommittees
- Rules and Calendars
- The Bill on the Floor
- Committee of the whole
- quorum
- Debate
- Voting
- Final Steps
- Introducing the Bill in the Senate
- The Senate's Rules for Debate
- The Filibuster
- The Cloture Rule
- cloture
- The Conference Committees
- The President Acts
- Veto
- pocket veto
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