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made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress

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a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.

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an act or result of reapportioning something : the process or result of making a new proportionate division or distribution of something

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Redistricting in the United States is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. For the United States House of Representatives, and state legislatures, redistricting occurs after each ten-year census.

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manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.

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A legislator is an individual person who makes laws

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those authorities not specifically granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, and are therefore reserved to the states, or to the people

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the powers of the national government explicitly listed in the Constitution. The purpose of expressed powers is to limit the national government by defining what it can do. These powers are also called delegated or enumerated powers.

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powers of the government that are not explicitly stated in the Constitution, but are necessary to carry out the Constitution's expressed powers

“To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof"

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Elastic Clause/Necessary and Proper Clause

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Elastic Clause/Necessary and Proper Clause

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t reads that Congress has the legislative power “to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.” The Necessary and Proper Clause

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a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.

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a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

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an indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

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an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.

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(in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.

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passing the act by a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate

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a permanent committee that meets regularly.

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a small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose.

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a congressional committee consisting of both Senate and House members and having jurisdiction over matters of joint interest

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a committee decision to kill a bill by refusing to assign it to a subcommittee, hold a hearing, or bring it to a vote

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an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.

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provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful