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Legislative Branch

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The legislative branch is in charge of making laws. It is made up of the Congress and several Government agencies. Congress has two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate are voted into office by American citizens in each state. There are currently 100 Senators, 435 Representatives, 5 Delegates, and 1 Resident Commissioner.

Congress

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Congress is a bicameral legislature divided into two equal institutions: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each state sends elected representatives and senators to Congress.

House of representatives

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the U.S. House of Representatives makes and passes federal laws. The House is one of Congress’s two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate), and part of the federal government’s legislative branch. The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states.

President Pro Tempore

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a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.

Speaker of the House

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The Speaker must preside over the House and has all the powers and duties of the presiding officer. The Speaker must preserve order and decorum. The Speaker may order the lobby or galleries cleared in the case of disorderly conduct or other disturbance.

Census

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an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.

Reapportionment

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Reapportionment is the redistribution of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on changes in population. These changes are recorded by the U.S. Census, which is conducted every 10 years.

Redistricting

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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.

Gerrymandering

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gerrymandering, in U.S. politics, the practice of drawing the boundaries of electoral districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage over its rivals (political or partisan gerrymandering) or that dilutes the voting power of members of ethnic or linguistic minority groups (racial gerrymandering).

Legislation

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The making or giving of laws