VocabularyTest SS.7.C.3.8 HDMM

legislation that has passed both houses of Congress, has been signed into law by the president or passed despite his veto, and therefore becomes a law

• parliament

• act

• checks and balances

• patriot

a person sent as the chief representative of his or her own government to another country

• senator

• president

• congress

• ambassador

the power to hear appeals of cases that have been tried in lower courts

• appellate jurisdiction

• verdict

• writs of cerratori

• supreme power

a proposal for a law

• veto

• injunction

• bill

• constitution

people appointed by the president to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers to the president

• congress

• house of representative

• cabinet

• judicial assistants

a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• social contract

• veto

a member of the governing body of a city

• president

• congressman

• city commissioner/council member

• superintendent

a group of House or Senate (or both) members that discusses and debates proposed bills; they may also discuss issues of interest to the country

• interest groups

• lobbyists

• committee

• NRA

a member of the U.S. Congress, typically used to address members of the U.S. House of Representatives

• Judge

• candidate

• lobbyist

• Congressman/Congresswoman

a member of the governing body of a county

• president

• mayor

• county commissioner

• El Macho