| A | B |
|---|
| lobbyist | representatives of an interest group who contact politicians to try and influence their policy making |
| bicameral | a legislature with two parts |
| gerrymandering | making odd shaped districts to increase voting strengths of certain groups |
| constituent | a person from a legislator's district |
| implied powers | powers Congess has not stated specifically written in the Constitution |
| expressed powers | powers that Congress has specifically written in the Constitution |
| elastic clause | gives Congress the right to make laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers |
| impeach | accuse a government official of misconduct |
| filibuster | talking a bill to death until it is withdrawn by its sponsor |
| pocket veto | the way a president can kill a bill - does not sign it in 10 days if Congress is not in session |
| line item veto | a veto only on a specific part of a bill |
| bureaucracy | complex system with many departments |
