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1. A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Petit jury
Idealism
Soft money
2. Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect current conditions and values.
Majority rule
Judicial activism
Nonprotected speech
Cloture
3. Government regulation of property so extensive that government is deemed to have taken the property by the power of eminent domain - for which it must compensate the property owners.
Executive orders
Regulatory taking
Internationalism
Divided government
4. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
The Federalist
Natural rights
Attentive public
Contract clause
5. The head of the White House staff.
Filibuster
Precedent
Federalists
Chief of staff
6. 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
Nonprotected speech
Initiative
Theory of deterrence
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
7. Police targeting of racial minorities as potential suspects of criminal activities.
Take care clause
Racial profiling
Manifest opinion
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
8. During the Great Society - the marble cake approach of intergovernmental relations.
Proportional representation
Party identification
Creative federalism
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
9. General tax on sales transactions - sometimes exempting food and drugs.
Sales tax
Interest group
Clear and present danger test
Democratic consensus
10. A national meeting of delegates elected in primaries - caucuses - or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president - ratify the party platform - elect officers - and adopt rules.
Rule-making process
Selective incorporation
National party convention
Party convention
11. Presidential custom of submitting the names of prospective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work.
Immunity
Suffrage
Senatorial courtesy
Prospective issue voting
12. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.
Permissive federalism
Public assistance
Contract clause
Initiative
13. The study of the characteristics of populations.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Political predisposition
Natural rights
Demographics
14. Employment cycle in which individuals who work for governmental agencies that regulate interests eventually end up working for interest groups or businesses with the same policy concern.
Revolving door
Inherent powers
Realism
Earmarks
15. Trial or punishment for the same crime by the same government; forbidden by the Constitution.
Devolution revolution
Vouchers
Double jeopardy
Realism
16. Photo opportunities set up by the candidates. The media have been accused of simplifying complicated political issues by relying on photo ops to explain them to the public.
Photo ops
Medicare
Categorical-formula grants
Popular consent
17. A minor party founded by Ross Perot in 1995. It focuses on national government reform - fiscal responsibility - and political accountability. It has recently struggled with internal strife and criticism that it lacks an identity.
Weapons of mass destruction
Independent expenditure
Federal Register
Reform party
18. Formal accusation against a president or other public official - the first step in removal from office.
Impeachment
Open rule
Judicial review
Hard power
19. Voting based on what a candidate pledges to do in the future about an issue if elected.
Racial profiling
News media
Inherent powers
Prospective issue voting
20. National Health Insurance program for the elderly and disabled.
State's rights
Medicare
Keynesian economics
Poll tax
21. A belief that limited government insures order competitive markets and personal opportunity.
Earmarks
Project grants
Bureaucrat
Conservatism
22. Agency that administers civil service laws - rules - and regulations.
Initiative
Political socialization
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Police powers
23. Election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
Economic sanctions
Retrospective issue of voting
Winner-take-all system
Independent expenditures
24. A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government.
Express powers
Political ideology
Majority-minority district
Constituents
25. 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.
Criminal law
Precedent
Impoundment
Eminent domain
26. Method whereby representatives of the union and employer determine wages - hours - and other conditions of employment through direct negotiation.
Executive Office of the President
Civil disobedience
Party caucus
Collective bargaining
27. The process of putting a law into practice through bureaucratic rules or spending.
Implementation
Direct orders
Open rule
Medicare
28. Constitutional doctrine that whenever conflict occurs between the constitutionally authorized actions of the national government and those of a state or local government - the actions of the federal government will prevail.
Bill of attainder
Oversight
National supremacy
Open rule
29. A national meeting of delegates elected at primaries - caucuses - or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president - ratify the party platform - elect officers - and adopt rules.
Issue advocacy
National party convention
Nonpartisan election
Administrative discretion
30. The clause in the Constitution (Article 1 - Section 8 - Clause 1) 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
Keynesian economics
Democratic consensus
Deficit
31. The set of arrangements - including checks and balances - federalism - separation of powers - rule of law - due process - and a bill of rights - that requires our leaders to listen - think - bargain - and explain before they act or make laws. We then
Constitutionalism
Nonpartisan election
527 organizations
Open rule
32. A decision by the president not to spend money appropriated by Congress - now prohibited under Federal law.
Turnout
Oversight
Party registration
Impoundment
33. A technique of Congress to establish federal regulations. Total preemption rests on the national governments power under the supremacy and commerce clauses to preempt conflicting state and local activity. Building on this constitutional authority - f
Tax expenditure
Hold
Recall
Total and Partial Preemption
34. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.
Cross-cutting requirements
Reform party
Name recognition
Open rule
35. Powers expressly or implicitly reserved to the states.
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36. International organization derived from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that promotes it free trade around the world.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Open shop
Ex post facto law
Attentive public
37. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'
Crossover sanctions
Majority rule
Public assistance
Value-added tax (VAT)
38. A policy that emphasizes a united front and cooperation between the major political parties - especially on sensitive foreign policy issues.
News media
Bipartisanship
Independent regulatory commission
Permissive federalism
39. A policy adopted by the Bush administration in 2001 that asserts America's right to attack any nation that has weapons of mass destruction that might be used against U.S. interests at home or abroad.
Bill of attainder
Presidential ticket
Bush Doctrine
Political action committee (PAC)
40. A congressional committee created for a specific purpose - sometimes to conduct an investigation.
Due process
Value-added tax (VAT)
Special or select committee
Majority-minority district
41. Usually the largest organization in government with the largest mission; also the highest rank in Federal hierarchy.
Separation of powers
Department
Social insurance
Community policing
42. How groups form and organize to pursue their goals or objectives - including how to get individuals and groups to participate and to cooperate. The term has many applications in the various social sciences such as political science - sociology - and
Civil law
Collective action
Bureaucracy
Cycle of decreasing influence
43. A philosophy that encourages individual nations to act on their own when facing threats from other nations.
Collective bargaining
Unilateralism
Double jeopardy
Crossover sanctions
44. 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.
'Our federalism'
Tariff
Oversight
Bicameralism
45. Efforts by government to alter the free operation of the market to achieve social goals such as protecting workers and the environment.
Redistributive policy
Party registration
Regulation
Standing committee
46. A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent - from the Atlantic the Pacific.
Party identification
Preferred position doctrine
Manifest destiny
Fiscal policy
47. Democratic and civic habits of discussion - compromise - and respect for differences - which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations.
Public opinion
Merit system
Unitary system
Social capital
48. A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches.
National tide
Executive privilege
Trade deficit
Lobbyist
49. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated.
Clear and present danger test
Class action suit
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Ex post facto law
50. A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests or interest groups.
Laissez-faire economics
Issue network
Faction
Women's suffrage