The Legislative Branch Unit Vocabulary Quiz

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the closing or limitation of debate in a legislative body especially by calling for a vote

• standing vote

• bill of attainder

• filibuster

• cloture

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the use of extreme dilatory tactics (as by making long speeches) in an attempt to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly

• elastic clause

• filibuster

• writ of habeas corpus

• voice vote

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a statement in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers

• ex post facto law

• pocket veto

• elastic clause

• expressed power

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an indirect veto of a legislative bill by an executive through retention of the bill unsigned until after adjournment of the legislature

• pocket veto

• implied power

• roll-call vote

• franking privilege

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the ability to send mail without paying for postage by using one's signature instead

• bill of attainder

• expressed power

• cloture

• franking privilege

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a legislative act that imposes punishment without a trial

• bill of attainder

• ex post facto law

• standing vote

• cloture

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a law that imposes criminal liability or increases criminal punishment retroactively

• filibuster

• cloture

• ex post facto law

• writ of habeas corpus

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orders the custodian of an individual in custody to produce the individual before the court

• elastic clause

• bill of attainder

• expressed power

• writ of habeas corpus

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powers given to Congress to help “check” the power of the other branches

• implied power

• nonlegislative power

• filibuster

• expressed power

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authority or capacity to act that is delegated by law or constitution

• expressed power

• nonlegislative power

• elastic clause

• implied power