apparatus
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the people and organizations involved in some aspect of government
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a group of people who have been elected in order to discuss issues and make decisions affecting a particular region
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a group of members of a government who are chosen by the leader of the government to give advice and be responsible for its policies
the U.S. Congress
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a group of politicians within a political party who have special interests or responsibilities
the group of people in the U.S. who are elected to make laws. It consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate
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in the U.K. and some U.S. counties, a group of people who are elected to govern a county
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the people who control a country, region, or city and make decisions about its laws and taxes
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the members of the main political party in a legislature, or the members of the cabinet (=the group of politicians with the most important jobs) in a system with a legislature
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a group of people who are elected to create laws in a particular area, especially a U.S. state
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an official elected group of people in some countries who meet to make the laws of the country and discuss national issues
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a small group of politicians who are chosen to find out about a particular subject and then make a report
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one of the elected government councils that ruled the u.s.s.r. when it existed in the past
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a group of people who are responsible for making decisions about public services in a town
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a committee of members of the U.S. House of Representatives that considers laws about money spent by the government. Its full name is the “House Committee on Ways and Means”.
all the government officials in the U.K. who work in these departments
the people chosen by voters in individual states to elect the president and vice president of the United States
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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