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CLEP American Government

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1. Because there is no Senate Rules Committee - Senators can debate a bill for an _________________ time.






2. Programs of government - universities - and businesses designed to favor minorities and remedy past discrimination.






3. Cabinet positions must be ____________ by the Senate






4. A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals and present them to a candidate or political party as a 'bundle -' thus increasing the PAC's influence.






5. The federal fiscal year begins ___________.






6. A political candidate who is thought to have only an outside chance of gaining the nomination.






7. The coming to power of a new coalition - replacing an old dominant coalition of the other party






8. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.






9. This clause of the 1st amendment establishes a 'wall of separation' between church and state.






10. Federal laws limit the amount of ___________ that can be donated directly to campaign coffers.






11. A system of voter registration in which voters must register only once in their district.






12. These candidates win re-election to the House 80-90% of the time.






13. Government branch established in Article I of the Constitution.






14. This powerful House committee is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor.






15. Total number of Representatives apportioned to the states based on population and reapportioned with the census every 10 years






16. Plan that proposed bicameral legislature where states were to have representation based on size in both houses.






17. First step in the Policy Making Cycle.






18. Law enacted in 1939 to prohibit civil servants from taking activists roles in partisan campaigns .This act prohibited federal employees from making political contributions - working for a particualr party -or campaining for a particualr canidate






19. The individuals - institutions - and processes that make the rules for society and possess the power to enforce them.






20. Laws on Schools - Marriage - and owning property;Licensee Lawyers - Doctors - and Teachers.






21. There are 11 circuit ____________________ who have no original jurisdiction.






22. Responsible for assigning bills to committee in the Senate.






23. Makes sure that funds are used safely and wisely. They oversee the state's financial records






24. The responsibility of the President to appoint federal judges when vacancies occur on the bench is referred to as






25. Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain






26. Powers specifically outlined in the Constitution as assigned to one branch of government.






27. Requires that a suspect in a federal case be arraigned without unnecessary delay.






28. Corporations formed by the government to act as a business to produce a product or service. Often monopolies with varying degrees of independence.






29. Clause in the 14th Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The 5th Amendment also imposes this limitation on the national government.






30. The uprising of farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes that revealed the failure of the Articles of Confederation.

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31. Age requirement for President






32. A group of writers - journalists - and critics who exposed corporate malfeasance and political corruption in the first decade of the 20th century.






33. Elects the President if no candidate receives 270 Electoral College votes.






34. During the period from 1976 to 1824 - This party was lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. They wanted a stronger national government that would rectify the pitfalls of the Articles of Confederation. Their supporters held a stronghold in New






35. ____________________ define Congressional voting districts acting within constraints set down by Congress and the Supreme Court.






36. 1946 Act requiring bureaucratic agencies to appeal to the affected parties before adopting new policies. Legislative check on Bureaucracy.






37. ________________ of the Constitution governs the relationships of the states.






38. Colonies in which freely elected legislatures chose the governor and the king could not veto laws.






39. Established the Federal Reserve Bank - responsible for conducting the nation's monetary policy - maintaining the stability of the financial system - supervising and regulating banking institutions - and protecting the credit rights of consumers - and






40. Powerful standing committee that puts bills on the legislative calendar and establishes the processes by which the bill will be discussed on the floor.






41. The class of independent voters who do not vote according to party affiliation - but who typically have a broader range of concerns than single-issue voters - are known colloquially as






42. Presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President. Position awarded to the longest serving Senator from the majority party. 3rd in line of succession for the Presidency.






43. The permanent committees of a legislature that consider bills and conduct hearings and investigations.






44. Cabinet department responsible for insuring mortgages and providing housing subsidies. Established in 1965






45. This Supreme Court case infamously decided that a slave was not a citizen but property to be 'used in subservience to the interests - the convenience - or the will of his owner'






46. The Supremacy Clause appears in ________________ of the Constitution.






47. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over lawsuits filed against the agency.






48. 1944 case established that as as long as a person accepted their beliefs in good faith that it is not the government's authority to determine whether those beliefs are valid.






49. Number of Electoral College votes required to win the Presidency.






50. An economic philosophy that advocates both tax and budget cuts to increase incentives to produce in order to expand the total supply of the nation's goods and services.







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