Legislative Branch
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bicameral
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A legislative
body composed
of two chambers
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census
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Official count of
the population
of the United
States done
every 10 years
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concurrent
powers
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Powers that both the
national government
and the states have
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delegated
powers
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Powers expressly
granted to the national
government by the
Constitution.
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elastic
clause
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The clause in Article I,
Section 8 of the Constitution
that gives Congress the right
to make all laws, "necessary
and proper"
to carry out the powers
expressed in the other
clauses in Article I
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entitlements
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Government
programs designed
to help elderly, ill
and unemployed
citizens
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ex post
facto laws
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A law applied to
an act committed
before the law's
passage
Forbidden by the Constitution
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filibuster
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The use of long
speeches to
prevent a vote on a
bill in the Senate
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General
Assembly
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The state legislative
body in the state of
Maryland consisting of
the Senate and the
House of Delegates
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geographic
characteristics
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Physical and
human
characteristics of
a place or region.
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Gerrymandering
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The dividing of a
geographic area into
an electoral district to
give an unfair
advantage to a party or
group.
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Implied
powers
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Magna
Carta
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A document drawn
up by English
nobles in 1215 that
spelled out certain
rights and limited
the King's power.
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public
policy
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Government
responses to public
issues; all of the
goals a government
sets
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ratification
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Formal approval; final
consent to the
effectiveness of a
constitution,
constitutional
amendment, or treaty.
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reapportionment
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Redistribution of
political
representation of the
basis of population
changes, usually after
a census
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redistricting
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To set up new
district lines after
reapportionment is
complete
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regions
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An area with one or more
common characteristics
of features, which give it
a measure of
homogeneity and make it
different from
surrounding areas.
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Reserved
powers
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Those powers that the
Constitution does not
grant to the national
government and does
not, at the same time,
deny to the states.
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Smart
growth
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Government policy in
Maryland to address
the issues of urban
sprawl, urban decay
and environmental
concerns such as the
health of the
Chesapeake Bay.
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tax
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Mandatory
payment to the
government
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urban
sprawl
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Sprawl is the spreading
out of a city and its
suburbs over more and
more rural land at the
periphery of an urban
area.
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