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reapportionment correct answers redistribution of representatives among the states, based on population change. impeachment correct answers the formal charging of a government official with "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors" incumbent correct answers a current officehol...

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reapportionment correct answers redistribution of representatives among the states, based on
population change.

impeachment correct answers the formal charging of a government official with "treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors"

incumbent correct answers a current officeholder

gerrymandering correct answers redrawing a congressional district to intentionally benefit one
political party

casework correct answers solving problems for constituents, especially problems involving
government agencies

descriptive representation correct answers a belief that constituents are most effectively
represented by legislators who are similar to them in such key demographic characteristics as
race, ethnicity, religion, or gender

racial gerrymandering correct answers the drawing of a legislative district to maximize the
chances that a minority candidate will win election

veto correct answers the president's rejection of a bill that has been passed by both houses of
Congress. Congress can override a veto with a two-thirds vote in each house

pocket veto correct answers a means of killing a bill that has been passed by both houses of
Congress, in which the president neither signs the bill nor returns it to Congress and Congress
adjourns within ten days of the bill's passage

standing committee correct answers a permanent congressional committee that specializes in a
particular legislative area

joint committee correct answers a committee made up of members of both the House and the
Senate

select committee correct answers a congressional committee created for a specific purpose and,
usually, for a limited time

conference committee correct answers a temporary committee created to work out differences
between the House and Senate versions of a specific piece of legislation

seniority correct answers years of consecutive service on a particular congressional committee

, oversight correct answers the process of reviewing the operations of an agency to determine
whether it is carrying out policies as Congress intended

speaker of the house correct answers the presiding officer of the House of Representatives

majority leader correct answers the head of the majority party in the Senate, the second-highest
ranking member of the majority party in the House

filibuster correct answers a delaying tactic, used in the Senate, that often involves speech making
to prevent action on a piece of legislation

cloture correct answers the mechanism by which a filibuster is cut off in the Senate

constituents correct answers people who live and vote in a government official's district or state

trustee correct answers a representative who is obligated to consider the views of constituents but
is not obligates to vote according to those views if he or she believes they are misguided

delegate correct answers a legislator whose primary responsibility is to represent the majority
view of his or her constituents, regardless of his or her own view

parliamentary system correct answers a system of government in which the chief executive is the
leader whose party holds the most seats in the legislature after an election or whose party forms a
major part of the ruling coalition.

earmarks correct answers federal funds appropriated by Congress for use on specific local
projects

inherent powers correct answers authority claimed by the president that is not clearly specified in
the Constitution. Typically these powers are inferred from the Constitution.

executive orders correct answers presidential directives to the executive branch that create or
modify public policies, without the direct approval of Congress

delegation of powers correct answers the process by which congress gives the executive branch
the additional authority needed to address new problems

executive office of the president (EOP) correct answers the president's executive aides and their
staffs; the extended White House executive establishment

cabinet correct answers a group of presidential advisers; the heads of the executive department
and other key officials

divided government correct answers the situation in which one party controls the White House
and the other controls at least one house of Congress

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