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1. 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.
Selected perception
Chief of staff
Closed rule
Pluralism
2. An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
Congressional-executive agreement
Collective bargaining
Interstate compact
Express powers
3. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
The Federalist
Cycle of decreasing influence
Realism
Competitive federalism
4. Presidential custom of submitting the names of prospective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work.
Social capital
Senatorial courtesy
Virginia Plan
Filibuster
5. Holding incumbents - usually the president's party - responsible for their records on issues - such as the economy or foreign policy.
Decentralists
Bureaucracy
Faction
Retrospective issue of voting
6. Election in which voters choose party nominees.
Direct primary
Plea bargain
Judicial activism
Adversary system
7. A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first.
Interstate compact
Entitlements
Popular sovereignty
Theory of deterrence
8. Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. By interpretation - the Fifth Amendment imposes the same limitation on the national government. This clause is t
Party caucus
Procedural due process
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
Equal protection clause
9. The residents of a congressional district or state.
Constituents
Movement
Party registration
Bicameralism
10. 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
Collective action
Judicial review
Affirmative action
Due process
11. The first governing document of the confederated states drafted in 1777 - ratified in 1781 - and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789.
Commerce clause
Presidential ticket
Articles of Confederation
Political socialization
12. An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official.
Closed shop
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Single-member district
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
13. Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may - by petition - propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters.
Initiative
Executive agreement
Caucus
Normal trade relations
14. The informal list of issues that Congress and the president consider most important for action.
Policy agenda
Pocket veto
Keynesian economics
State's rights
15. Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government - generally.
Unfunded mandates
Appellate jurisdiction
Candidate appeal
Antifederalists
16. Petition that - if signed by majority of the House of Representatives' members - will pry a bill from committee and bring it to the floor for consideration.
Decentralists
Monopoly
Discharge petition
Constitutional democracy
17. Committee appointed by the presiding officers of each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.
Conference committee
Judicial review
Senatorial courtesy
Collective bargaining
18. A policy-making alliance that involves a very strong ties among a congressional committee - an interest group - and a Federal Department or agency.
White primary
Iron triangle
Commerce clause
Green party
19. Presidential power to strike - or remove - specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Chief of staff
Plea bargain
Selective exposure
Line item veto
20. 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.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Establishment clause
Executive orders
Sedition
21. An opinion disagreeing with a majority in a Supreme Court ruling.
Dissenting opinion
Defendant
Judicial review
Search warrant
22. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'
Distributive policy
Central clearance
Public assistance
Implementation
23. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party - group - or incumbent.
Gender gap
Public opinion
Executive orders
Gerrymandering
24. A rising public approval of the president that follows a crisis as Americans 'rally 'round the flag' and the chief executive.
Vouchers
Medical savings account
Caucus
Rally point
25. The convention in Philadelphia - May 25 to September 17 - 1787 - that debated and agreed upon the Constitution of the United States.
Isolationism
Constitutional Convention
Soft money
Obscenity
26. An official who is expected to represent the views of his or her constituents even when personally holding different views; one interpretation of the role of legislator.
Primary election
Offshoring
White primary
Delegate
27. A law that defines crimes against the public order.
Virginia Plan
Constituents
Criminal law
Checks and balances
28. A tax graduated so that people with higher incomes pay larger fraction of their income than people with lower incomes.
Full faith and credit clause
Independent expenditures
Progressive tax
Poll tax
29. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disaster relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.
Executive order
Hold
National Intelligence Director
Entitlements
30. Congress appropriates a certain sum - which is allocated to state and local units and sometimes to nongovernmental agencies - based on applications from those who wish to participate. Examples are grants by the National Science Foundation to universi
Project grants
Commerce clause
Minor party
Sedition
31. The rights of an individual to own - use - rent - invest in - buy - and sell property.
Property rights
Retrospective issue of voting
Coattail effect
Presidential ticket
32. Championed by Ronald Reagan - presumes that the power of the federal government is limited in favor of the broad powers reserved to the states.
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33. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Political ideology
National party convention
Federal Register
Crossover sanctions
34. Directive issued by a president or governor that has the force of law.
Federal Reserve System
Issue advocacy
Executive order
Referendum
35. Widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values that undergird them.
Democratic consensus
Majority rule
Dual citizenship
Electoral college
36. The process of putting a law into practice through bureaucratic rules or spending.
Implementation
Fundamentalists
Community policing
Dual federalism (layer cake federalism)
37. A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests or interest groups.
Protectionism
Faction
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Literacy test
38. Formal orders issued by the president to direct action by the Federal bureaucracy.
Constitutionalism
Executive orders
Rider
Crossover voting
39. A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.
Divided government
Merit system
White primary
Precedent
40. A court order requiring explanation to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody.
Separation of powers
Commercial speech
Writ of habeas corpus
Realigning election
41. A jury of 12 to 23 persons who - in private - hear evidence presented by the government to determine whether persons shall be required to stand trial. If the jury believes there is sufficient evidence that a crime was committed - it issues an indictm
Closed primary
Gender gap
Class action suit
Grand jury
42. Elections held midway between presidential elections.
Laissez-faire economics
Closed primary
Midterm election
Suffrage
43. The inclination to focus on national issues - rather than local issues - in an election campaign. The impact of the national tide can be reduced by the nature of the candidates on the ballot who might have differentiated themselves from their party o
Bipartisanship
Commercial speech
National tide
Vouchers
44. Incumbents have an advantage over challengers in election campaigns because voters are more familiar with them - and incumbents are more recognizable.
Police powers
Labor injunction
Name recognition
Dissenting opinion
45. Established by Congress in 1978 as a flexible - mobile corps of senior career executives who worked closely with presidential appointees to manage government.
Senior Executive Service
Party registration
Equal protection clause
Due process
46. Literally - a 'friend of the court' brief - filed by an individual or organization to present arguments in addition to those presented by the immediate parties to a case.
Soft power
Constitutional Convention
Amicus curiae brief
Hard power
47. A government entity that is independent of the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.
Grand jury
Gender gap
Independent agency
Nonprotected speech
48. An agency of Congress that analyzes presidential budget recommendations and estimates the cost of proposed legislation.
Social Security
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Revolving door
Bureaucracy
49. A minor party that believes in extremely limited government. Libertarians call for a free market system - expanded individual liberties such as drug legalization - and a foreign policy of nonintervention - free trade - and open immigration.
Mass media
Issue advocacy
Selective incorporation
Libertarian party
50. The process by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.
Political socialization
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Rider
Senatorial courtesy