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Legislative Branch Vocabulary

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To bring formal charges against a public official; The House of Representatives has the soul power to impeach civil officers of the United States.
The legal process by which citizens of one country try to become citizens of another.
Those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out, expressly, in the Constitution; also called the "enumerated powers".
Legislative committee composed of members of both houses.
Constitutional clause that gives Congress the power to make all laws "necessary and proper" for executing its power.
The current office holder.
A legislative body composed of two chambers.
Distribute, as in seats in a legislative body.
A temporary joint committee created to reconcile any differences between the two houses' versions of a bill.
A type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislature has adjourned; when the chief executive does not sign or reject a bill within the time allowed to do so.
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As a nominating device, a group of like-minded people who meet to select candidates they will support in an upcoming election.
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.
An electoral district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office.
Powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of the sovereign state within the world community.
A permanent committee in a legislative body to which bills of a specified subject matter are referred.
The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group.
A legislative committee created for a limited time and for some specific purpose; also known as a "special committee".
The power of a government to take private property for public use.
To redistribute, as in seats in a legislative body.