State and Local Government Vocabulary

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  1. 2. / The _______ is a member of the senate in which various legislative or governing bodies can be known.
  2. 4. / Any various legislative or governing bodies, in particular, can be known as the ________.
  3. 5. / The excited high school class road for hours before they reached the _______ _______, the highest ranking court in the Georgia court system.
  4. 9. / The legislative branch, which is in charge of making laws is much different to the ________ since the ________ has the power to make and enforce laws.
  5. 10. / After raiding a drugstore, the _________, or a person showing a tendency to commit a crime, particularly a minor crime, the teenager was sent to a jail cell to wait for her parents.
  6. 12. / In the House of Representatives there is usually a person was chosen or appointed to speak for another or others in particular and this certain person is usually called a __________.
  7. 15. / After raiding a drugstore, the _________, or a person showing a tendency to commit a crime, particularly a minor crime, the teenager was sent to a jail cell to wait for her parents.
  8. 16. / The president dutifully decided to ______ bill due to the millions of citizens suggesting that there are other ways to prevent texting and driving.
  9. 17. / The ____ ______ is a permanent committee that meets regularly.
  10. 18. / I headed to the ____ ______ which is a legislative body that governs a city town, municipality or local government area.
  11. 19. / An elected official who serves as a deputy to the governor; also serves as president of Georgia State is called the _____ _________
  12. 22. / In the organized group of people who share common ideas and who work to elect members of their party of public office, which is called a _______, the people of this party all shared the idea of having another day added to weekends.
  13. 23. / My family and I decided to drive to the ______ of Virginia, Richmond mostly because the _____ is the most important city or town of a country or region.
  14. 24. / A non-criminal lawsuit, usually involving private property rights, for example lawsuits involving breach of contract, probate, divorce, negligence etc, is called ____ _____.
  15. 25. / In the executive branch the head of the state government is called the ________.
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  1. 1. / The lower house of the U.S congress is called the __________, where 435 popularly elected officials are and the house is the most representative body in the federal government.
  2. 3. / In many countries, a _____ is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government.
  3. 6. / The governor was acting very __________, or not in accordance with a political constitution at the president's impeachment
  4. 7. / After murdering Stacy the reporter, the infamous criminal committed yet another _____ or another serious crime.
  5. 8. / The ________ is a legislative body, especially a U.S. state legislature which is main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ
  6. 11. / The President has the _______, or ability to act or produce an effect, to sign or veto legislation.
  7. 13. / The legislative branch decided to _______ or revoke officially, the law that stated that all schools should run all throughout the year.
  8. 14. / Unlike the Standing Committee, with permanent members, the ____ _____ has only temporary members that once they finish the study of a particular subject are done with the committee.
  9. 20. / The _______ is a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
  10. 21. / Mark, spent a month in jail due to his _______, less serious crime, of stealing from a local grocery store