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1. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Federal Register
Checks and balances
Cycle of decreasing influence
Issue advocacy
2. A characteristic of individuals that is predictive of political behavior.
Single-member district
Political predisposition
President pro tempore
Free exercise clause
3. Presidential staff the agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
National tide
Bush Doctrine
Public policy
4. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.
Decentralists
State's rights
Initiative
Civil disobedience
5. A provision in a deed to real property prohibiting its sale to a person of a particular race or religion. Judicial enforcement of such deeds is unconstitutional.
Opinion of the Court
Regressive tax
Issue advocacy
Restrictive covenant
6. The widely shared beliefs - values - and norms about how citizens relate to governments and to one another.
Political culture
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
National tide
Standing committee
7. 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.
Obscenity
Internationalism
Selective incorporation
Spoils system
8. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.
Executive orders
Free rider
Closed shop
Annapolis Convention
9. Tax levied on imports to help protect the nation's industries - labor - or farmers from foreign competition. It can also be used to raise additional revenue.
Fiscal federalism
Trade deficit
Plurality
Tariff
10. The dispensing of government jobs to persons who belong to the winning political party.
Patronage
Natural rights
Issue network
Department
11. Constitutional requirement that governments act reasonably and that the substance of the laws themselves be fair and reasonable; limits what the government may do.
Bicameralism
Bureaucrat
Monopoly
Substantive due process
12. Weakening of partisan preferences that points to a rejection of both major parties and a rise in the number of independents.
Dealignment
Coattail effect
Multilateralism
Creative federalism
13. Governance divided between the parties - as when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress.
Divided government
Majority
Unemployment
Interest group
14. Government by religious leaders - who claim divine guidance.
Bureaucrat
Federalists
Theocracy
Department
15. 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.
Theory of deterrence
Precedent
Political ideology
Independent regulatory commission
16. A social division based on national origin - religion - language - and often race.
Natural law
Ethnicity
Express powers
Open shop
17. Largely banned party soft money - restored a long-standing prohibition on corporations and labor unions for using general treasury funds for electoral purposes - and narrowed the definition of issue advocacy.
Trust
Collective bargaining
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
amicus curiae brief
18. These are broad state grants to states for prescribed activities—welfare - child care - education - social services - preventive health care - and health services—with only a few strings attached. States have greater flexibility in deciding how to sp
Block grants
Permissive federalism
Presidential election
Divided government
19. The precise legal definition of how government will implement a policy.
Rule
Dealignment
Centralists
Devolution revolution
20. Powers that the Constitution gives to both the national and state governments - such as the power to levy taxes.
Safe seat
American dream
Concurrent powers
Interstate compact
21. The process by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.
Prospective issue voting
Seniority rule
Political socialization
Mandate
22. Formal accusation by the lower house of legislature against a public official - the first step in removal from office.
Photo ops
Representative democracy
Impeachment
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
23. Domination of an industry by a single company that fixes prices and discourages competition; also - the company that dominates the industry by these means.
Annapolis Convention
Indictment
Monopoly
Contract clause
24. A president's claim of broad public support.
Quid pro quo
Mandate
Plurality
Excise tax
25. A formal writ used to bring a case before the Supreme Court.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Property rights
Writ of certiorari
Executive orders
26. A government agency or commission with regulatory power whose independence is protected by Congress.
Establishment clause
Independent regulatory commission
Political socialization
Prospective issue voting
27. A congressional committee created for a specific purpose - sometimes to conduct an investigation.
Political predisposition
Interstate compact
Natural rights
Special or select committee
28. Clause in the First Amendment that states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. The Supreme Court has interpreted this to forbid governmental support to any or all religions.
Constitutional Convention
Central clearance
Establishment clause
Party identification
29. A division of population based on occupation - income - and education.
Democratic consensus
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Socialism
Lobbyist
30. Constitutional requirement that governments proceed by proper methods; limits how government may exercise power.
Procedural due process
Revolving door
Lobbying
Issue network
31. Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials - especially legislators - and the policies they enact.
Selective exposure
Lobbying
Soft money
Executive privilege
32. Money spent by individuals or groups not associated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office.
Constitutional democracy
Pluralism
Revolving door
Independent expenditures
33. A collection of people who share a common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends. Interest groups usually work within the framework of government and try to achieve their goals through tactics such as lobbying.
Enumerated powers
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Policy agenda
Interest group
34. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.
Central clearance
Issue advocacy
Attentive public
Party identification
35. Those citizens who follow public affairs carefully.
Attentive public
Procedural due process
Lobbying
Proportional representation
36. Candidate or party with the most votes cast in an election - not necessarily more than half.
Interstate compact
Plurality
Political ideology
Party identification
37. Consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise - such as tobacco.
Constituents
Excise tax
Winner-take-all system
Indexing
38. The belief that nations must engage in international problem solving.
Executive Office of the President
Internationalism
Substantive due process
Criminal law
39. A philosophy that encourages individual nations to act on their own when facing threats from other nations.
Unilateralism
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Pluralism
Trustee
40. Something given with the expectation of receiving something in return.
Closed shop
Quid pro quo
Demographics
State of the Union Address
41. Powers that grow out of the very existence of government.
Fighting words
Inherent powers
Constitutionalism
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
42. The formal process for making regulations.
Rule-making process
Logrolling
Direct democracy
Establishment clause
43. A policy that emphasizes a united front and cooperation between the major political parties - especially on sensitive foreign policy issues.
Bipartisanship
Executive orders
Party identification
Safe seat
44. Agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trial for more serious offense.
Federalists
Prior restraint
Recall
Plea bargain
45. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that prohibits any amendments to bills or provides that only members of the committee reporting the bill may offer amendments.
Majority
Opinion of the Court
Virginia Plan
Closed rule
46. Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.
Necessary and proper clause
Public opinion
Bad tendency test
Hatch Act
47. Contributions to a state or local party for party-building purposes.
Iron triangle
Bureaucrat
Soft money
Excise tax
48. In a criminal action - the person or party accused of an offense.
Executive privilege
Democratic consensus
Seniority rule
Defendant
49. Legislative or executive review of a particular government program or organization. Can be in response to a crisis of some kind or part of routine review.
Prior restraint
Oversight
Civil disobedience
Full faith and credit clause
50. Constitutional grant of powers that enables each of the three branches of government to check some acts of the others and therefore ensure that no branch can dominate.
Executive orders
Independent expenditure
Due process clause
Checks and balances