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3. The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state.
6. (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
7. the lower chamber of the United States Congress
10. manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
11. Apportionment is the process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions, such as states or parties, entitled to representation.
13. A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely ...
14. (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.

1. The idea behind this amendment is to reduce corruption in the legislative branch by requiring an election before a congressperson's salary increase takes effec
2. The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer, de facto leader of the body's majority party A term limit is a legal restriction on the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office.
4. A term limit is a legal restriction on the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office.
5. The Necessary and Proper Clause refers to Clause 18 under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. It reads that Congress has the legislative power.
8. The Supremacy Clause refers to the foundational principle that, in general, federal law takes precedence over any conflicting state law.
9. The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress
12. the act or action of coming together and meeting