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Definitions and explanations of various terms, functions, and processes related to the united states congress, including the senate and house of representatives, committees, and the electoral college system.
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serves 6 year terms TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 2 per state TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 2 year terms direct election 435 members (delegate model) TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 how much a reepresentative pays attnetion to what the ppl want TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census.
In the process of setting electoral districts, is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan, incumbent-protected districts. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 evenly distributed (don't know which political party is going to win) TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 regarded as fully secured, either by a certain political party, the incumbent representative personally or a combination of both. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 Making the law
the speaker TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 the chair TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 by senority; by the person who has been there the longest. TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 division of labor TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 They make congressmen far more powerful as individuals.
government spending that targets a specific program or project (very specific) -legislature being able to control where money is spent. TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 wasteful fovernment spendingn that targets a specific program or project spend money on something that is unnecessary (ex. a huge bridge to know where.) TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 amendment to a bill that has nothing to do with the original bill alot of riders="the christmas tree bill" TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 How we elect our president. TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 to provide protection against too much democracy the ECS is a result of compromises of 2 sets of groups at the constitutional convention. -one group said congress should win and the other group said the states should choose who became president.
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DEFINITION 32 270
