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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.
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- 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
