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writ issued by a government agency, most often a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure.

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An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole

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a process for limiting debate on a measure — is the Senate's only weapon against the filibuster

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a bill that has been passed in one house of Congress. Compare enrolled bill

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a device in which a legislative body or other deliberative assembly sits as a single committee with all assembly members being committeemembers.

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a written motion adopted by a deliberative body. The substance of the resolution can be anything that can normally be proposed as a motion.

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A measure approved by both houses of the United States Congress and signed by the president.

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is a committee of the United States Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill.

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a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.

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the majority leader or minority leader in either the Senate or the House of Representatives

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senator, usually a senior member of the majority party, who is chosen to preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president.

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A formal, public reprimand for an infraction or violation.

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the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.

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admit a foreigner to the citizenship of a country.

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tax collected by an intermediary from the person who bears the ultimate economic burden of the tax

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powers that Congress and the president need in order to get the job done right

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a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative

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A strategy employed in the United States Senate, whereby a minority can delay a vote on proposed legislation by making long speeches or introducing irrelevant issues

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The minimum number of voting members that must be in attendance at a meeting of an organization for that meeting to be regularly constituted

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a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee and usually without cooperation of the leadership by "discharging" the committee from further consideration of a bill

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a resolution adopted by both houses of a bicameral legislature that lacks the force of law and does not require the approval of the chief executive.

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a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature

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An automatic veto of a bill that occurs if the president or governor neither signs nor vetoes a bill within ten days of receiving it

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are permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules.

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Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”

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a process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as criminal or civil punishment.

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Those powers of Congress specifically listed in the Constitution.

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a meeting that party members attend to decide policies and choose candidates to run for office

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The presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives

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is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or of falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding.

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a statement in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.

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paid directly by an individual or organization to an imposing entity.

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delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution

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In criminal law, the legal finding, by judge or jury, that an accused person is not guilty of the crime he is charged with

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an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure discipline in a legislature

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a government license that gives the holder exclusive rights to a process, design or new invention for a designated period of time

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the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.

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a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law.

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is a legal proceeding involving a person or business that is unable to repay outstanding debts

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a legislative body, such as the U.S. Senate, that achieves stability by staggering the terms of its members to prevent more than a minority of seats from changing in a single election.