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| 15th | Congressional district Centralia is in |
| Dick Durbin | U.S. Senator for the state of Illinois |
| constituents | the people that Congress represents |
| Vice President | leader of Senate |
| Speaker of the House | leader of the House of Representatives |
| 6 years | term of a senator |
| President Pro Tempore | the leader of Senate when the primary leader is not there |
| bicameral | it is made up of two chambers |
| enumerated | expressed, or listed powers |
| political party | an organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence the government for those views |
| minority party | The political party with less elected members which has to try to force compromise with the majority |
| political views | a person’s ideas about how the government should run and how the issues facing our country should be solved |
| politically independent | someone who doesn’t want to identify with any party |
| candidate | someone who is running for political office |
| majority party | the political party with the most elected members |
| public policy | the stand the government takes about how issues should be handled |
| legislative | branch that Congress is in |
| bill | draft of a law |
| population | a state's number of representatives is based on this |
| 30 | age you have to be to serve in the Senate |
