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1 CHAPTER 10 Congress  Bicameral  Off-year Election  Congress
 Term  Gerrymander  House of Representatives  Session  Incumbent  Senate  Apportion  Continuous body  Reapportion  Constituency  What role does the U.S. Census play in impacting Congress? How are states represented in Congress? What are the leadership positions in Congress and how are these leaders elected?

2 CHAPTER 10 Congress Bicameral: A legislative body composed of 2 chambers. Term: 2 year period of time during which congress meets. Session: Period of time during which, each year, congress assembles and conducts business. Apportion: Distribute as in seats in a legislative body.

3 CHAPTER 10 Congress Reapportion: Redistribute, as in seats in a legislative body. Off-Year Election: Congressional election that occurs between Presidential election years. Gerrymander: The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group.

4 CHAPTER 10 Congress Incumbent: A current office holder.
Continuous body: Governing unit (e.g. the U.S. Senate) whose seats are never all up for election at the same time. Constituency: The people and interest that an elected official represents. Congress: The Nations law making body, the legislative branch of the National Government.

5 CHAPTER 10 Congress House of Representatives: Representation based on population. 435 members total. Senate: Equal representation among the states. 2 per state = 100

6 CHAPTER 11 Powers of Congress
 Expressed Powers  Eminent Domain  Impeach Implied Powers  War Powers Resolution Inherent Powers  Naturalization Necessary & Proper Clause What is the difference between a strict constructionist and a liberal constructionist? In what ways does the Legislative Brach “check” the other two branches of government?

7 CHAPTER 11 Powers of Congress
Expressed Powers: Those delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution; also called the “enumerated powers”. Implied Powers: Those delegated powers of the national government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution; those “necessary and proper” to carry out the expressed powers.

8 CHAPTER 11 Powers of Congress
Inherent powers: Powers the constitution is presumed to have delegated to the national government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community. Eminent Domain: Power of a government to take private property for public use.

9 CHAPTER 11 Powers of Congress
War Powers of Resolution: Meant to limit the President’s war making powers. Enacted in 1973. Naturalization: Process by which immigrants can become citizens. Necessary and Proper Clause: Constitutional clause that gives congress the power to make all laws “necessary and proper” for executing its powers. Basis for implied powers.

10 CHAPTER 11 Powers of Congress
Impeach: To bring formal charges against a public official.

11 CHAPTER 12 Congress in Action
 Seniority Rule  Joint Committee  Filibuster  Standing Committee  Conference Committee  Bill  Committee Chairmen  What must happen before a bill may be presented to the President for approval? What options does the President have once presented with a bill from Congress?

12 CHAPTER 12 Congress in Action
Seniority Rule: Unwritten rule for members of congress with the longest service to serve the top posts in each chamber. Standing Committee: Permanent committee in a legislative body to which bills of a specified subject matter are referred.

13 CHAPTER 12 Congress In Action
Joint Committee: Legislative committee composed of members of both houses. Conference Committee: Temporary joint committee created to reconcile any differences between the two houses versions of a bill. Committee Chairman: Member who heads a standing committee in a legislative body.

14 CHAPTER 12 Congress in Action
Bill: A proposed law presented to a legislative body for consideration. Filibuster: Various tactics aimed at defeating a bill in a legislative body by preventing a final vote. Only in the U.S. Senate.


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