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The central government of the United States established by the US Constitution, composed of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is the Federal Government?
To accuse someone of misconduct. The constitution grants the house of representatives the sole power of impeachment.
What is to impeach?
A form or draft of a proposed statute presented to the legislature but not yet passed into law
What is a bill?
Conflict between the United States and the Soviet union (USSR) from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s. The conflict arose because both countries wanted to be the most powerful in the world.
What is the Cold War?
State and local laws in the United States between 1875 and 1965 that called for segregation of schools, public places, public transportation, restrooms, and restaurants.
What is Jim Crow?
A representative of a United States territory elected to serve in the US House of Representatives. Delegates do not participate in votes but do serve on committees. There are delegates from five territories – – the district of Columbia, the virgin islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the commonwealth of the northern Mariana islands – – in the US House of Representatives.
What is a delegate?
The period during which congress the symbols to conduct business.
What is a session?
The Washington DC building used by the US Congress for its sessions
What is the Capitol?
A group of people who represent the 50 states in the District of Columbia in the election of the President of the United States.
What is the Electoral College?
The set of policies that form the foundation of public laws.
What is public policy?
An advisory board to the president, consisting of the heads of the 13th executive departments of the federal government.
What is a Cabinet?
The residents of a district represented by a Member of Congress
What are constituents?
A subgroup of members of a committee and either the House of Representatives or the Senate that meets to hold hearings or consider legislation.
What is a Subcommittee?
Call of the role in the US House of Representatives or the US senate to determine whether a quorum is present or to vote on a question.
What is Roll Call votes?
Federal spending intended to benefit a particular district or set of constituents.
What is pork-barrel politics?
A model of representation in which representatives feel compelled to act on the specific stated wishes of their constituents.
What is the delegate model of representation?
A legislative committee consisting of members from both chambers that investigates certain topics but lacks bill referral authority.
What is a joint committee?
A model of representation in which representatives feel at liberty to act in the way they believe is best for their constituents
what is trustee model of representation?
A permanent legislative committee that meets regularly
What is a standing committee?
The senator who acts in the absence of the actual president of the senate who is also the vice president of the United States; the president pro tempore is usually the most senior senator of the majority party
What is president pro tempore?
The powers given specifically to the federal government by the Constitution to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise and support armies, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs.
What are enumerated powers?
The political process that results from dividing a legislature into two separate assemblies
What is biicameralism?
The powers neither enumerated nor implied but assumed to exist as a direct result of the country's existence.
What are inherent powers?
The presiding officer of the House of Representatives and the leader of the majority party; the speaker is second in the presidential line of succession after the vice president
What is the Speaker of the House?