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Legislative Branch Terms

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  • person running for office who is not currently in office
    challenger
  • law which punishes for doing something when it was legal
    Ex-post Facto
  • party with less than half
    minority
  • Most powerful person in Senate
    Senate Majority leader
  • Minimum number needed for a meeting
    Quorum
  • puts pressure on party members to vote with party
    whip.
  • Casts tie vote in Senate
    Vice President
  • changing the number of representatives per state based on census
    reappotionment
  • party with ore than half
    majority
  • rank based on number of years in Congress
    Senority
  • the redrawing of congressional lines required after census
    redistricting
  • Top person in House
    Speaker of the House
  • person currently in office
    incumbent
  • endless talk to prevent passage
    filibuster
  • formal count of population
    Census
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