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1. Theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes - stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and the curve during booms.
Direct primary
Keynesian economics
Standing committee
Precedent
2. Economic theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and be curbed during booms.
Keynesian economics
Deficit
Reinforcing cleavages
527 organizations
3. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say.
Executive agreement
Independent expenditure
Judicial restraint
Representative democracy
4. Money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party-building purposes. Now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state or local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.
Attentive public
Bicameralism
Executive agreement
Soft money
5. In this type of sample - every individual has unknown and random chance of being selected.
Immunity
Rule-making process
Random sample
Class action suit
6. The process by which provisions of the bill of rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.
Selective incorporation
Constitutional democracy
Theory of deterrence
Collective action
7. A decision made by a higher court such as a circuit court of appeals or the Supreme Court that is binding on all other federal courts.
Public assistance
Hard money
Impoundment
Precedent
8. A company in which new employees must join a union within a stated time period.
Direct democracy
Standing committee
Union shop
National party convention
9. Citizenship in more than one nation.
Writ of mandamus
Cycle of decreasing influence
Dual citizenship
Nonpartisan election
10. A division of population based on occupation - income - and education.
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Writ of habeas corpus
Divided government
Selective incorporation
11. An economic system characterized by private property - competitive markets - economic incentives - and limited government involvement in the production - distribution - and pricing of goods and services.
Protectionism
Offshoring
Capitalism
Judicial review
12. A veto exercised by the president after Congress has adjourned; if the president takes no action for 10 days - the bill does not become law and does not return to Congress for possible override.
Permissive federalism
Distributive policy
Block grants
Pocket veto
13. Elections held in years when the president is on the ballot.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Movement
Presidential election
Executive orders
14. Democratic and civic habits of discussion - compromise - and respect for differences - which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations.
Justiciable dispute
Social capital
Theocracy
Manifest opinion
15. An individual who does not to join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence.
Free rider
Mandate
Value-added tax (VAT)
Crossover sanctions
16. A policy-making alliance that involves a very strong ties among a congressional committee - an interest group - and a Federal Department or agency.
Iron triangle
Bad tendency test
Social insurance
Bundling
17. A permanent committee established in a legislature - usually focusing on a policy area.
Public assistance
Opinion of the Court
Standing committee
Libertarianism
18. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect the public health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Realigning election
Majority
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Police powers
19. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disaster relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.
Bipartisanship
Commerce clause
Tariff
Entitlements
20. Voting based on what a candidate pledges to do in the future about an issue if elected.
Political culture
Logrolling
Prospective issue voting
Party identification
21. Domination of an industry by a single company; also the company that dominates the industry.
Due process clause
Commercial speech
Parliamentary system
Monopoly
22. The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether.
Isolationism
Rally point
Commercial speech
Closed shop
23. Written defamation of another person. For public officials and public figures - the constitutional tests designed to restrict libel actions are especially rigid.
Libel
Writ of habeas corpus
Deficit
Delegate
24. An explanation of the decision of the Supreme Court or any other appellate court.
Economic sanctions
Unfunded mandates
Opinion of the Court
Interest group
25. The widely shared beliefs - values - and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another.
Checks and balances
The Federalist
Political culture
Majority leader
26. Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890) that try to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.
General election
Restrictive covenant
Antitrust legislation
Horse race
27. Conceives of federalism as a marble cake in which all levels of government are involved in a variety of issues and programs - rather than a layer cake - or dual federalism - with fixed divisions between layers or levels of government.
Marble cake federalism
Antifederalists
Justiciable dispute
Plea bargain
28. Statement required by Federal law from all agencies for any project using Federal funds to assess the potential affect of the new construction or development on the environment.
Democratic consensus
Political action committee (PAC)
Environmental impact statement
Commerce clause
29. Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states.
Deregulation
Contract clause
Public defender system
Virginia Plan
30. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Opinion of the Court
Faction
Federal Register
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
31. Clause in the Constitution (Article 4 - Section 1) requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid.
Full faith and credit clause
Seniority rule
Isolationism
Due process clause
32. The power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the U.S. Constitution or - in a state court - the state constitution.
Senior Executive Service
Judicial review
Lobbying
Pocket veto
33. A commission created by the 1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act to administer election reform laws. It consists of six commissioners appointed by president and confirmed by the Senate. Its duties include overseeing disclosure of camp
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Capitalism
Trust
Preemption
34. Stresses federalism as a system of intergovernmental relations in delivering governmental goods and services to the people and calls for cooperation among various levels of government.
News media
Green party
Political ideology
Cooperative federalism
35. Arrangement whereby public officials are hired to provide legal assistance to people accused of crimes who are unable to hire their own attorneys.
Public defender system
Initiative
Presidential ticket
Green party
36. The principle of a two-house legislature.
Soft money
De jure segregation
Monetarism
Bicameralism
37. A small political party that rises and falls with a charismatic candidate or - if composed of ideologies on the right or left - usually persists over time; also called a third party.
Minor party
Closed primary
Total and Partial Preemption
Rule-making process
38. A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
Spoils system
The Federalist
Entitlement programs
Filibuster
39. General tax on sales transactions - sometimes exempting food and drugs.
Federalists
Uncontrollable spending
Regressive tax
Sales tax
40. Alternative means of health care in which people or their employers are charged a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs.
Antitrust legislation
Political socialization
Equal protection clause
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
41. Powers that grow out of the very existence of government.
Trust
Judicial restraint
Inherent powers
Realism
42. Voting by member of one party for a candidate of another party.
Safe seat
Commercial speech
Crossover voting
Interest group
43. Governance divided between the parties - especially when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.
Caucus
Normal trade relations
Marble cake federalism
Divided government
44. Relationships among interest groups - congressional committees and subcommittees - and the government agencies that share a common policy concern.
Natural law
Issue network
Plurality
Federal Reserve System
45. 30-second statements on the evening news shows. The media have been accused of simplifying complicated political issues by relying on sound bites to explain them to the public.
Delegate
Labor injunction
Earmarks
Sound bites
46. The clause of the Constitution (Article I - Section 8 - Clause 3) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Commerce clause
Presidential ticket
National tide
Commercial speech
47. People who favor state or local action rather than national action.
Decentralists
Primary election
Lobbyist
Idealism
48. Denial of export - import - or financial relations with the target country in an effort to change that nation's policies.
Conference committee
Amicus curiae brief
Economic sanctions
Independent agency
49. The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census - to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.
Constitutional Convention
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Redistricting
Filibuster
50. Interpretation of the First Amendment that would permit legislatures to forbid speech encouraging people to engage in illegal action.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Party identification
Standing committee
Bad tendency test