Legislative branch

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  1. 1. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
  2. 5. social work involving direct consideration of the problems, needs, and adjustments of the individual case
  3. 6. of attainder an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group of persons, guilty of some crime, and punishing them, often without a trial
  4. 7. an official count or survey of a population
  5. 9. powers powers congress exercises that the constitution does not explicitly define
  6. 10. of habeas corpus used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before the court to determine if the person's imprisonment or detention is lawful
  7. 11. to set a congressional bill aside in committee without considering it
  8. 14. charge the holder of a public office with misconduct
  9. 15. interest group a group of people or an organization seeking or receiving special advantages, typically through political lobbying
  10. 16. committee permanent committee to discuss specific issues
  11. 17. a practice intended to establish an unfair political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries
  12. 18. made up of two parts, called chambers
  13. 20. veto the constitution grants the president 10 days to review a measure passed by the congress
  14. 21. party political party with the most members in a house
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  1. 2. powers powers that the Constitution has specifically given to the federal government
  2. 3. being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect
  3. 4. a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators
  4. 8. political procedure where one or more members of parliament or congress debate over a proposed piece of legislation to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal
  5. 12. post facto law law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed before the enactment of the law
  6. 13. party political party with less members in that house
  7. 15. priority given to those members who have been there for the longest
  8. 19. a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote in a legislative assembly