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Unit #2 The Legislative Branch
Chapter #6 Powers of Congress
VOCABULARY
WORD BANK
strict constructionist
legislative oversight
perjury
loose constructionist
standing committee
immunity
tax-and-spend
subcommittee
contempt
appropriations bill
seniority system
federal bureaucracy
commerce
select committee
power of the purse
copyright
joint committee
staff members
patent
conference committee
impoundment
inherent power
subpoena
SCORE
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5
Read the definitions below. Using the vocabulary words found in the word bank above, write the word that the definition
is describing in the blank provided.
VOCABULARY WORD
DEFINITION
A legal mechanism that protects the rights of writers, artists and composers to their work
for a period of time
Lying under oath in a court of law
A legal mechanism that allows inventors to control how their inventions are
manufactured and sold
One who interprets the Constitution narrowly
The buying and selling of goods and services
A committee made up of members of both houses of Congress
Everyone who works for the government, including non elected employees
A request to fund a program
A temporary committee made up of members of both houses of Congress set up to work
out the differences between the House of Representatives and Senate versions of a bill
Powers that are not directly stated in the Constitution but belong to the national
government
One who interprets the Constitution broadly
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To serve a witness with a legal order to appear before a committee
The power committees hold to add money for certain programs, cut spending for others
or completely end funding for some
Temporary committees set up to study one topic and report on it to the House of
Representative or the Senate
The Congress’s power to tax and to authorize the spending of the income from taxes
A system that gives the position of committee chairperson to the person, from the
majority party who ha been on the committee the longest
A person will not be charged with any crime that he or she testifies about committing
People that help do work for Congress’s committees and sub committees
The refusal of the president to spend money that Congress has set aside for a program
A small working group of members of a standing committee
The power of Congress to oversee how laws are carried out
When a charge is made against a person who refuses to testify
A permanent Senate committee