| A | B |
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| Congress | National legislative body in the United States |
| Bicameral | a two house legislature. |
| Budget | Yearly plan for how to raise and spend money in the government |
| Revenue | Income. The government usually generates revenue through taxes and tariffs. |
| Interstate | Trade or issues between two states, in legal cases handled by the Federal judicial branch |
| Bureaucracy | The departments that operate within our national government EX Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Education |
| Judicial Review | the federal courts have the power to review acts of the federal government and to cancel any acts that are unconstitutional, or violate the constitution |
| Separation of Powers | The idea of having three branches of government; executive, legislative, and judicial |
| Checks and Balances | System in place where no one branch of the government can get too powerful because the other branches can CHECK or BALANCE the other branch |
| Veto | Literally means “I forbid” it means to reject a bill |
| Impeach | to accuse the President or other high government officials of serious wrongdoing. |
| Legislative | Having the power to make laws |
| Unconstitutional | Not in agreement with a constitution, usually dealing with laws this makes the law illegal according to the Constitution |
| Interest groups | Political groups working for usually one important cause |
| Committee | A group of people appointed for a specific function |
| President | Head of the executive branch has the most power of any single political job. |
| Federalism | The division of power between the states and the federal or national government |
