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Reappointment

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Seats in House are assigned among the states to reflect population

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Conference committee

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Both groups come together, to pass similar laws

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Bicameral

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Do you have legislators her house of rep and senate

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Gerrymandering

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Drawing district lawn, and such ways that political party gain unfair advantages

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Interest groups

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People who have common goal

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Affirmative action

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Planner program to address effective past discrimination

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Incumbent

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Re-elected the officials that is already in office get reflected Cuz. They’re familiar with people back home.

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Lobbyists

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Hired but interest groups

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Pigeon holding

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Congressional meeting ignore the billing lecithin committee

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Standing committee

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Overseas bills on issues that must be considered every year

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Revenue bill

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Bill that raises taxes

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Appropriations bill

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Proposals that involve money

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Bill

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A proposed law

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Filibuster

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Method of defeating a bill, where a center talks until the bill is killed

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Cloture

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Limit time to the pay a bill to an hour

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Implied powers

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Necessary and proper clause is

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County council

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Harford county legislature

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General assembly

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Maryland legislator

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Reserved powers

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Powers to establish schools

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Speaker

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Leader of the house of rep

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Three influences on a lawmakers voting behavior

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Education, experience religion

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How are members of the house and rep and set elected?

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House of rep district Senate state legislators

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How has congress try to legislate civil rights equality?

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Civil rights act of 1972

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What powers are included in Maryland state constitution?

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Upper state budget creates and passes laws oversee state program approve appointments, made by the government, education, law, firm Elise, taxes, marriage professional, licensing

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What were two things established in the supreme court case McCulloch versus Maryland?
Marilyn didn’t have the authority to text Baltimore branch of US. Congress didn’t have the right to establish a national bank.
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Identify and define three denied powers of Congress
Congress may not suspend the right of habeas corpus. Congress can’t pass a bill of Attar or ex post facto law, and congress may not tax exports going from one state to another, or to another country.
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Steps to making the bill
House of rep introduces a bill committee suggested to change, enters full house, if approved, goes to send it Senate introduces a bill committee suggest change, enter for senate, if approved goes to the house Conference committee, reviews, the differences and send it back if any changes are made Final approval, house and senate finalized version of Bill President vetoes Congress can override by 2/3 vote President signs it becomes a law
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American with disabilities act of 1990
Prohibits discrimination against disability
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Civil rights and women’s equality act of 1991
Protect women, justice and equality, within their job, equal opportunities within the workplace
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Voting rights act of 1965
Equal voting rights for all language minorities
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Voting rights act of 1975
Prohibits voting discrimination against race, color, and membership of group monitoring elections
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Equal employment, opportunity act of 1972
Prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion national origin or six
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Civil rights act of 1964
Prohibits racial discrimination in public places, such as theaters, restaurants and hotels deal with African-Americans rights that
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Education, amendment title, IX 1972
Prohibits discrimination in schools that get money from the federal government including sports
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Expressed powers
Paris directly stated in article 1 of the US constitution, known as enumerated powers
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Bill of attainder
How do you spell legislator, declaring a person guilty?
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Necessary and proper clause elastic
Congress has ability to make laws
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 Supremacy clause
Federal government is supreme overstate give
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Seniority rule
Determines leader ship of Congress meetings
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Pork Barr legislation
Appropriations my belt, legislator, fair projects that are not acceptable to help the local district
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Discrimination
I’m just in different categories of people or things, especially in the grounds of race
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Standing committees
Overseas bills on issues that must be considered every year
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Subcommittee
Specializing in subcategory, and it committees responsibilities
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Select committee
I study one specific issue and report their families to each house
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Joint committee
Members from both houses out of a study group, responsible for reporting findings To house and senate
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Conference committee
Set up with house and senate half past different versions of the same bill
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Constitutes
Voters
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Political, action, committees
Created by interest groupS
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Political parties
Republican/democrat
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Media
 Fourth branch of government
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Aliens
Permanent residence of the US still citizens of another country
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Quota
Specific number of immigrants from certain countries or regions are allowed to enter the country
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Naturalization
Legal process by which an alien may become a citizen
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Illegal, immigrant
Entering or resulting in a country illegally
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Refugee
People who try to escape dangers in their own country
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What are the powers of the Congress nationally?
Approves budget passes laws overseas state programs, price points made by Perez
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Local Green County law
County commissioner develops a budget for Hartford County. Create some peste. All’s oversee local programs approve appointments made by mayor.

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