Chapters 6 & 7

Gives congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out it's expressed powers

Years of service, which is used as consideration for assigning committee members

A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was comitted

To accuse government officals of misconduct in office

A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding a person

The right of senators and representatives to send job related mail without paying postage

a population count taken by the Census Bureau

a person from a legislature's district

A procedure used in the seenat to limit debate on the bill

Government projects and grants that primarily benifit the home district or state

A tactic for defeating a bill in the senate by talking until the bills sponsor withdraws it

An agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nations

A group of advisors to the president that includes the heads of 14 top level executive departments

• Executive order
• A rule or command that has the force or law

An order to delay a persons punishment until a higher court can hear a case

The ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm

An official representative of a country's government

A nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations

a formal agreement between the governments of 2 or more countries

An agreement between the president and the leader of another country

An effort to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers

A person appointed to the federal position by the president