Legislative Branch Vocab.

Cloture

• Procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote
• A type of dessert made with cream and fruit
• A type of fabric used for curtains
• A type of dance popular in the 1920s

Concurrent resolution

• Executive order
• When both Chambers Address matters that affect the operations of both chambers or express and opinion

• Judicial ruling
• Presidential proclamation

Constituents

• The people that live within a representative's district.

• Components of a computer program
• Members of a political party
• Ingredients in a recipe

Filibuster

• A type of sandwich
• When opponents of a measure take the floor and refuse to stop talking in order to prevent a vote.

• A method of fishing using a net
• A traditional dance in South America

Gerrymandering

• The process of redrawing district boundaries to benefit a political party

• Trying to make things more fair for all people involved in the government

• Helps people vote

• Voting rights protection

Impeachment

• Acquittal
• The power to charge officials with wrongdoing and bring them to trial

• Conviction of another person in the court of law

• Pardon

Implied Powers

• Powers limited by the Constitution
• Powers not explicitly stated in the Constitution
• Powers explicitly stated in the Constitution
• Powers granted to the states

Inherent Powers

• Powers granted by the state government
• Powers that are limited by the constitution
• Powers that are only applicable to the executive branch
• Powers that are explicitly stated in the constitution

Joint Resolution

• Judicial ruling
• A congressional measure used in out of the ordinary circumstances

• Executive order
• Presidential proclamation

Necessary and proper clause

• Elastic clause:This gives Congress the power to carry out laws and to create laws to enforce their powers

• Inelastic clause not movable

• Rigid clause
• Flexible clause