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| 6260995166 | Cloture | 2/3 supremacy to close up or stop debate for a bill and call for a vote | 0 | |
| 6261006800 | Filibuster | Long speech to delay action on a bill | 1 | |
| 6261010506 | Gerrymandering | Illogical district lines | 2 | |
| 6261023001 | Caucus | (in some US states) a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention. | 3 | |
| 6261027894 | Quorum | The required number n attendance to do business | 4 | |
| 6261037294 | Riders | Additional points to an unrelated law | 5 | |
| 6261112511 | Omnibus bill | A bill grows too big | 6 | |
| 6261115474 | Earmarks | Funds directed for a specific purpose | 7 | |
| 6261122196 | 27th | Congress makes cask | 8 | |
| 6261135283 | Discharge petition | Can bring the bill out of reluctant committee | 9 | |
| 6261149046 | Mark up session | A process by which bill is amended | 10 | |
| 6261154679 | Congressional oversight | Ensure executive branch does their work | 11 | |
| 6261187113 | Spoils system | the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters. | 12 | |
| 6261207011 | Bureaucrocy | Large complex system | 13 | |
| 6261218771 | Red tape | Rules and regulations | 14 | |
| 6261221994 | Merit system | Competitive written exams for jobs | 15 | |
| 6261241512 | Attorney general | the principal legal officer who represents the Crown or a state in legal proceedings and gives legal advice to the government. | 16 | |
| 6261245001 | Amicus curiae | Friend of the court | 17 | |
| 6261247933 | Solicitor general | Established national over state laws | 18 | |
| 6261253832 | Writ of certiorari | requires lower court to sent case for the review | 19 | |
| 6261265472 | Rule of four | Minimum number of justices to hear the case | 20 | |
| 6261270189 | Stare decisis | Letting lower court decision stand | 21 | |
| 6261277391 | Judicial activism | Describes judicial ruling on personal political considerations | 22 |
