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| franking priviledge |
is a well-known benefit that allows them to mail letters and other materials postage-free by substituting their facsimile signature (frank) for the postage. |
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| oversight function |
process by which congress, through its committee, checks to see that the various agencies in the executive branch are working effectively and acting in line with the policies that congress has set by law. |
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| politicos |
attempt to combine the basic elements of the trustee,delegate, and partisan roles. |
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| partisan |
lawmakers who owe their first allegiance to their political party. |
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| trustee |
a delegate |
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| constituencies |
the people and interests the senators represent. |
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| continuous body |
all of its seats are never up for election at the same time. |
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| gerrymandered |
have been drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the state's legislature. |
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| at large |
elected from the state as a whole, rather than from a particular district. |
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| single member district |
voters in each district elect one of the state's representatives from among a field of candidates running for a seat in the House from that district. |
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| off-year elections |
between president elections |
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| reapportion |
redistribution |
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| apportioned |
distributed |
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| term |
two years for congress. |
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| special session |
a meeting to deal with some emergency situation. Only the president can call. |
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| prorogue |
president's power to adjourn a session only when the two houses cannot agree on a date for adjournment. |
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| adjourn |
suspends until next session |
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| session |
period of time during which,each year, Congress assembles and conducts business. One session each year |
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