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| 9632252498 | Standing Committe | A permanent committee established in a legislature, usually focusing on a policy area | 0 | |
| 9632265528 | the floor | the right to speak in a meeting without interruption from others | 1 | |
| 9632274390 | entitlements | a claim for government funds that cannot be changed without violating the rights of the claimant | 2 | |
| 9632378991 | cloture | A procedure for terminating debate, especially filibusters, in the Senate. | 3 | |
| 9632383921 | filibuster | A lengthy speech designed to delay or kill the vote on a bill; used only in the Senate | 4 | |
| 9632389583 | quorum | the minimum number of members who must be present for business to be conducted in Congress | 5 | |
| 9632397689 | President pro tempore | Serves as president of the Senate in the absence of the VP; chosen by the majority party | 6 | |
| 9632408593 | amnesty | an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy | 7 | |
| 9632421826 | pardon | A declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment | 8 | |
| 9632429765 | Clemency | Mercy or leniency granted to an offender by a chief executive | 9 | |
| 9697810725 | Iron triangle | A close relationship between an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group | 10 | |
| 9697827809 | Appropriations committee | Make decisions about how money government can spend on authorized programs | 11 | |
| 9697848524 | Government corporation | A business owned and operated by the federal government | 12 | |
| 9698098627 | joint committees | Congressional committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership drawn from both houses. | 13 | |
| 9702374660 | President pro tempore | the elected senate officer who presides in the Vice President's absence | 14 | |
| 9702390405 | Seniority rule | A custom that gives the most important jobs in Congress to the members who served the longest | 15 | |
| 9702405253 | Party caucuses | Groups within Congress of members who share the same interest | 16 | |
| 9702410992 | Whips | assistant to the floor leaders, keeps a head count of votes, rounds up members for important votes | 17 | |
| 9702418936 | riders | Unrelated amendments added to a bill | 18 | |
| 9702421496 | CBO | Congressional Budget Office - congress' check on the budget | 19 | |
| 9702427537 | Pork Barrelling | the use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes | 20 | |
| 9702441140 | earmarks | Federally funded local projects attached to bills passed through Congress | 21 | |
| 9702447372 | Commander in chief | a head of state or officer in supreme command of a country's armed forces | 22 | |
| 9702460854 | Presidential succession | the order in which officials fill the office of president in case of a vacancy | 23 | |
| 9702470604 | line- item veto | An executive's ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature | 24 | |
| 9702483690 | executive privilege | the power that allows a president to refuse to release information to Congress or a court | 25 | |
| 9702495059 | impoundment | Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated | 26 | |
| 9702509692 | Bureaucracy | A large,m complex organization composed of appointed officials | 27 | |
| 9702519161 | EOP | Executive office of the President, "presidents's admin", created by FDR to help president | 28 | |
| 9702535549 | Chief of Staff | person who oversees the operations of all white House staff |  | 29 |
| 9702552539 | Press Secretary | THe individual charged with interacting and communicating w journalists on a daily basis | 30 | |
| 9702563717 | National Security | 31 | ||
| 9702568527 | Cabinet | A group of advisers to the president. | 32 | |
| 9702572150 | Civil Service | group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government | 33 | |
| 9702586178 | Patronage | Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | 34 | |
| 9702597045 | government corporation | Provides a service that could be provided by the private sector and usually charges for its services | 35 | |
| 9702607760 | Senate | a council representatives | 36 | |
| 9702613136 | constituency | a body of voters | 37 | |
| 9702618109 | expressed powers | powers givens to the legislative branch, that are specifically expressed in the constitution | 38 | |
| 9702629932 | liberal | Someone who argues a broad interpretation | 39 | |
| 9702642106 | Constructionists | people who believe that congress should have the powers explicitly granted in the constitution. | 40 | |
| 9713285458 | bicameral | A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses | 41 | |
| 9713290570 | house of representatives | 435 members | 42 | |
| 9713296859 | wesberry v sanders | Ruled that federal congressional districts needed to be equal in population | 43 | |
| 9713316932 | undeclared wars | a military conflict between two or more nations without either side issuing a formal declaration of war | 44 | |
| 9713332745 | United States v Nixon | US Supreme Court case that limited executive privilege 1974 | 45 | |
| 9713374602 | EOP | Executive Office of the President, "president's administration", created by FDR to help president | 46 | |
| 9713379323 | cabinet | group of officials who head government depts an advise the President | 47 | |
| 9713389503 | Fiscal Year | An accounting year of any 12 consecutive months that may or may not coincide w the calendar year |  | 48 |
| 9713406294 | Administration | The group of people who work for the executive branch | 49 | |
| 9713429550 | Independent Executive Agencies | A federal agency that is not part of a cabinet dept but reports directly to the president | 50 | |
| 9713439474 | Pendleton Act | Legislation that began the federal merit system | 51 | |
| 9713443861 | Civil Service | the group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government | 52 | |
| 9713452085 | committee chairmen | members who head the standing committees | 53 | |
| 9713461502 | House rules committee | the committee that determines how and when debate on a bill will take place | 54 | |
| 9713464390 | select committees | Congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose, such as the Watergate investigation. | 55 | |
| 9713468333 | joint committees | Congressional committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership drawn from both houses. | 56 | |
| 9713503248 | attorney general | Head of justice dept | 57 | |
| 9713474028 | conference committees | temporary committees formed to reconcile differences in House and Senate versions of a bill | 58 | |
| 9713479901 | oath of office | sworn by the President on the day he takes office | 59 | |
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