Am Govt Sem Test1.2

Short "vacation" for either house, no more than 3 days

Refusal to testify by President/executive officers in court

Assistants to floor leaders in Congress

Free mailing and stationery

"Talking a bill to death", or Senate concessions

Dealing with individual people or places

"Elastic clause"... stretching powers for Congress

Trade between states

Legal minimum of a body to carry out official business

Required government expenditure going year to year

Exclusive right to publish and sell literature, art, music

Willful obstruction of justice

A one year meeting of the Congress

Agreement between lawmakers supporting bills of each

Accepting of a country's existence

Private party meetings

Law passed appropriating money for federal projects

A two house legislature

Drawing of district lines for election advantages

Formal order given by a higher authority (voters)

Practice of granting favors to reward party loyalty

Minimum number needed to legally carry on business

Formal accusation against official for misconduct in office

Uninterrupted service used to assign important positions

Legal court order demanding a witness or document

Freedom of prosecution for witness testimony in court

Release from legal punishment

A vote for formal "displeasure" with a member of Congress

Work done by lawmakers in aiding a constituent

Deals with general matters applicable to public

Dismissing of both houses for the year

Forbidding of Congress to amend a bill from the floor

An official already in office running for reelection

Lying under oath

A two year period of Congress

An interest group representative who tries to influence

"For the time being" leader of the Senate

Power of Supreme Court to declare an action unconstitutional

Exclusive selling rights to an inventor of a product

Expelling of a member for wrong doing in House-Senate

A group pardon for an offense against the government

A proposed law

Person who supports constitutional flexibility to needs

Postponement of a legal punishment

Formal agreement between 2 or more nations

Member of a conference committee

Medium for discussion