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1. An action taken by Congress to reverse the presidential veto - requiring a two-thirds majority in each chamber.
Independent expenditure
Override
Political socialization
Constituents
2. An agency of Congress that analyzes presidential budget recommendations and estimates the cost of proposed legislation.
Statism
Opinion of the Court
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Primary election
3. A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the role of government.
Internationalism
Political ideology
Inflation
Natural law
4. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.
National supremacy
American dream
Open rule
Proportional representation
5. In this type of sample - every individual has unknown and random chance of being selected.
De facto segregation
Random sample
Checks and balances
Nonpartisan election
6. Relationships among interest groups - congressional committees and subcommittees - and the government agencies that share a common policy concern.
Party convention
Commerce clause
Stare decisis
Issue network
7. 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
Police powers
Total and Partial Preemption
Trustee
Patronage
8. The right of women to vote.
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9. Powers that grow out of the very existence of government.
Laissez-faire economics
Inherent powers
Central clearance
Cycle of decreasing influence
10. Elections in which voters determine party nominees.
Primary election
Safe seat
Constitutional Convention
Natural rights
11. The process by which individuals perceive what they want to in media messages.
Direct orders
Selected perception
Attentive public
Civil law
12. 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.
Decentralists
Independent expenditures
Closed shop
Judicial review
13. A type of policy that provides benefits to all Americans.
Proportional representation
Distributive policy
amicus curiae brief
Medical savings account
14. Primary election in which any voter - regardless of party - may vote.
Open primary
Public policy
Democracy
Bush Doctrine
15. An opinion disagreeing with a majority in a Supreme Court ruling.
Rally point
Distributive policy
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Dissenting opinion
16. Powers inferred from the express powers that allow Congress to carry out its functions.
Public policy
Candidate appeal
Public assistance
Implied powers
17. Domination of an industry by a single company; also the company that dominates the industry.
De jure segregation
Monopoly
White primary
Reform party
18. Compromise agreement by states at the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with a lower house in which representation would be based on population and an upper house in which each state would have two senators.
Logrolling
Connecticut Compromise
Cloture
Competitive federalism
19. 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.
Interest group
Bad tendency test
Virginia Plan
Administrative discretion
20. Theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes - stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and the curve during booms.
Keynesian economics
Double jeopardy
Political predisposition
Medicaid
21. Constitutional arrangement in which sovereign nations or states - by compact - create a central government but carefully limit its power and do not give it direct authority over individuals.
Cross-cutting requirements
Caucus
State's rights
Confederation
22. Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that freedom of expression is so essential to democracy that governments should not punish persons for what they say - only for what they do.
Free rider
Preferred position doctrine
Filibuster
Labor injunction
23. A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
Articles of Confederation
Liberalism
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Soft money
24. The current holder of the elected office.
Incumbent
Rule-making process
Speaker
Tariff
25. The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether.
Isolationism
Majority rule
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Executive order
26. Donations made to political candidates - party committees - or groups which - by law - are limited and must be declared.
Libel
Gerrymandering
Free rider
Hard money
27. 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
Safe seat
Coattail effect
Means-tested entitlements
28. Clause in the Constitution that states that 'Congress should have the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . . .' This clause is also known as the elastic clause as is a major and significant p
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29. Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials - especially legislators - and the policies they enact.
Lobbying
Regulations
Police powers
Midterm election
30. The principle of a two-house legislature.
Bicameralism
Deregulation
Separation of powers
Redistributive policy
31. A policy promoting cutbacks in the amount of Federal regulation in specific areas of economic activity.
Deregulation
De jure segregation
Impoundment
Federalists
32. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Cloture
Open shop
Special or select committee
Party identification
33. A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent - from the Atlantic the Pacific.
Independent regulatory commission
Ethnicity
Pocket veto
Manifest destiny
34. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership is a condition of employment.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Closed shop
Due process clause
Hard money
35. The authority of a court to hear a case 'in the first instance.'
Original jurisdiction
Contract clause
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Bundling
36. Clause in the Fifth Amendment limiting the power of the national government; similar clause in the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the state governments from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without due process of law.
Oversight
Spoils system
Environmental impact statement
Due process clause
37. The rights of an individual to own - use - rent - invest in - buy - and sell property.
Federal mandate
Override
Property rights
Federalism
38. Advisory council for the president consisting of the heads of the executive departments - the vice president - and a few other officials selected by the president.
National party convention
Gender gap
Theory of deterrence
Cabinet
39. 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
Issue network
Constitutionalism
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
40. The act of declaring party affiliation; required by some states when one registers to vote.
Fighting words
General election
Party registration
Treaty
41. 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.
Candidate appeal
Double jeopardy
Libertarian party
Closed shop
42. A formal - public agreement between the United States and one or more nations that must be approved by two thirds of the Senate.
Direct orders
Ethnicity
Policy agenda
Treaty
43. Weakening of partisan preferences that points to a rejection of both major parties and a rise in the number of independents.
Closed shop
Search warrant
Stare decisis
Dealignment
44. International organization derived from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that promotes it free trade around the world.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
White primary
Attentive public
Soft money
45. Unlimited amounts of money that political parties previously could raise for party-building purposes. Now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state and local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.
Safe seat
Bundling
Override
Soft money
46. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.
Judicial restraint
Open rule
Retrospective issue of voting
Closed shop
47. Domination of an industry by a single company that fixes prices and discourages competition; also - the company that dominates the industry by these means.
Devolution revolution
Social Security
Monopoly
Adversary system
48. 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.
Selective exposure
Capitalism
Divided government
Inherent powers
49. Trial or punishment for the same crime by the same government; forbidden by the Constitution.
Fundamentalists
Social Security
Democratic consensus
Double jeopardy
50. Holding incumbents - usually the president's party - responsible for their records on issues - such as the economy or foreign policy.
Retrospective issue of voting
Centralists
Primary election
Judicial activism