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| Congress | Men and women in the Senate and House of Representatives who write laws for the United States |
| Senate | one of the two houses, or parts, of Congress - it has 100 memebers |
| House of Representatives | one of the two houses, or parts, of Congress - it has 435 members |
| senators | these are the people who make laws in the Senate |
| representatives | these are the people who make laws in the House of Representatives |
| Supreme Court | the highest (top) court in the United States - it decides whether (if) laws agree with the Constitution |
| justices | judges - there are nine judges in the Supreme Court |
| branches of government | Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court |
| freedom of the press | means a person can write what he or she wants to write in newspapers and books |
| amendments | laws that are added to the Constitution |
| Bill of Rights | the first ten amendments added to the Constitution |
