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Legislative branch
a) law enforcers
b) law makers
c) law interpreters
d) ;aw breakers

bicameral congress
a) one part body
b) the Senate
c) two part body
d) the House of Representatives

census
a) 10 year count of population
b) 5 year count of population
c) the electoral college
d) congress

gerrymandered district
a) 10 year count of the population
b) district designed to give even power to all groups
c) odd shaped district to increase the voting power of a particular group
d) a new kind of animal

majority party
a) political party that holds more than half the seats in either the Senate or House of representatives
b) political party that holds less than half the seats in either the Senate or House of Representatives
c) Independent political party holding seats in the Senate or House of Representatives
d) any party holding seats in the Senate or House of Representatives

minority party
a) political party with the most seats in the Senate or House of Representatives
b) political party that holds the fewest seats in the Senate or House of Representatives
c) Independent party that holds seats in the Senate or House of Representatives
d) any party that holds seats in the Senate or House of Representatives

leader in the House of Representatives
a) president pro tempor
b) president of the United States
c) Speaker of the House
d) minority leader

the method of how congress gets most work accomplished
a) congressmen working independently
b) the committee system
c) entire congress working on every issue
d) Speaker of the House does all the work

powers that are specifically defined in the Constitution
a) reserved powers
b) implied powers
c) expressed powers
d) concurrent powers

powers not defined in the Constitution, but allows congress to carry out its work
a) expressed powers
b) implied powers
c) concurrent powers
d) allied powers

allows Congress to stretch it power to meet new needs
a) elastic clause
b) national supremacy clause
c) militia clause
d) establishment clause

impeachment
a) to remove an official from office
b) to try an official for wrongdoing
c) to formally charge an official of wrongdoing
d) to elect an official

franking privilege
a) congress pays double postage on job related mail
b) congress can send job related mail without postage
c) congress has its own postage system for work related mail
d) congress does not need postage for any mail

casework
a) bringing a case to trial
b) dismissing a court case
c) work that congress does on behalf of citizens
d) the franking privilege

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