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AP GOVERNMENT, AMSCO CHAPTER 3, THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCHBicameral - correct answers Two house legislature; resulted from a dispute between small and large states, each wanting a different form of representation Seventeenth Amendment - correct answers Ratified in 1913; broadened democracy by giving the people of the state the right to elect their senators House of Representatives - correct answers the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population; 435 members Reapportionment - correct answers to distribute differently Senate - correct answers Has 100 members; 2 members per state; 6 year terms Expressed Powers - correct answers powers directly stated in the constitution Implied Powers - correct answers Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution Public Policy - correct answers the laws that govern the US Tax - correct answers a required payment to a local, state, or national government Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) - correct answers a dispute about whether state or national government has authority over the regulation of navigable US waterways United States v. Lopez (1995) - correct answers restricted the powers of the commerce clause War Powers Act of 1973 - correct answers tries to reign in the power the president in 1964 while still understanding the need for sudden, perhaps secret, emergent military action in the name of protecting the US Implied Powers Doctrine - correct answers gives congress the authority to enact legislation addressing a wide range of issues Impeach - correct answers charging a person with offenses so serious that they are determined to be "treason, bribery, and high crimes and misdemeanors" Advice and Consent - correct answers allows senators to recommend or reject executive branch appointees Committees - correct answers groups of people chosen to do certain work Party Caucuses - correct answers entire party membership within each house Speaker of the House - correct answers recognizes people for speaking, organizing members to conference committees Floor Leaders - correct answers Lead debate among their party and guide the discussion from their side of the aisle Whip - correct answers in charge of party discipline Conference Chair - correct answers takes care of party matters President of the Senate - correct answers Vice President of the United States President Pro Tempore - correct answers temporary president Senate Majority Leader - correct answers chief legislator