Duplicate of Govt Terms 2

to cancel or postpone a punishment (like the death penalty)

exists from one Congress to the next, also known as “permanent”

counts votes and persuades party members to vote with the party president

the ability of the House of Representatives to introduce bills to raise (or lower) taxes

powers that do not appear in the Constitution

a type of joint committee whose purpose is to “reconcile” different versions of a bill

the power of the judicial branch to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional

the term for a two house legislature; called the Senate and the House of Representatives

rules the executive branch makes about how the law will be carried out

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