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term
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Two year period of time in which congress meets.
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session
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a period of time during which, each year, congress assembles and conducts business.
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adjourns
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to suspend until the next session, each regular session.
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prorogue
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to end/discontinue a session.
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special session
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a meeting to deal with some emergency situation.
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apportion
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to distribute
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reapportion
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to redistribute
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off-year elections
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the congressional elections that occur in the nonpresidential years; beteween presedential elections.
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single-member district
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the voters in each district elect one of the state representatives from among a field of candidates running for a seat in the House from that district.
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at-large election
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Election of a officeholder by the voters of an entire governmental unit rather than by the voters of a district or subdivision.
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gerrymandered
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districts that have been drawn to the advantage of a political party that controls the state's legislature.
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continuous body
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governing unit whose seats are never up for election at the same time.
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constituencies
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the people and intrestes the senators represent.
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colleague
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coworkers in the house
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trustees
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a lawmaker who votes based on his or her conscience and judgement, not the views of his or her constituents.
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partisans
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a lawmaker who owes his/her first allegiance to his/her political party and votes according to the party line.
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politico
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a lawmaker who tries to combine the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan.
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oversight function
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the process by which congress through its committees checks to see that the various agencies in the executive branch are working effectively and acting in line with the policies that congress has set by law.
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franking pribilege
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a well known benefit that allows congressmen to mail letter and other material postage free.
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