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1. Presidential custom of submitting the names of prospective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work.
Cycle of decreasing influence
Statism
Senatorial courtesy
Rally point
2. 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.
Due process clause
Collective bargaining
Social insurance
Redistricting
3. A rise in the general price level (and decrease in dollar value) owing to an increase in the volume of money and credit in relation to available goods.
Tariff
Inflation
Union shop
Party caucus
4. 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.
Political socialization
Public defender system
Bush Doctrine
Senior Executive Service
5. A close contest; by extension - any contest in which the focus is on who is ahead and by how much rather than on substantive differences between the candidates.
Horse race
Indictment
Impoundment
Decentralists
6. A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights.
Proportional representation
Civil law
Articles of Confederation
Parliamentary system
7. God's or nature's law that defines right from wrong and is higher than human law.
Plea bargain
State of the Union Address
Natural law
Separation of powers
8. Review of all executive branch testimony - reports - and draft legislation by the Office of Management and Budget to ensure that each communication to Congress is in accordance with the president's program.
Open primary
Executive orders
Quid pro quo
Central clearance
9. A president's claim of broad public support.
Idealism
Sound bites
Devolution revolution
Mandate
10. A veto exercised by the president after Congress has adjourned; if the president takes no action for 10 days - the bill does not become law and does not return to Congress for possible override.
National party convention
Independent expenditures
Hatch Act
Pocket veto
11. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.
Monetarism
Party identification
Mass media
Writ of mandamus
12. 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.
Property rights
Monetary policy
National party convention
Redistricting
13. The right of a federal law or a regulation to preclude enforcement of a state or local law or regulation.
Antitrust legislation
Preemption
Patronage
Dual citizenship
14. 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.
Trust
Federalists
Commerce clause
Categorical-formula grants
15. Those citizens who follow public affairs carefully.
Attentive public
Community policing
Direct orders
Inflation
16. The total output of all economic activity in the nation - including goods and services.
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Jim Crow laws
Procedural due process
Eminent domain
17. The presiding officer in the House of Representatives - formally elected by the House but actually selected by the majority party.
Speaker
Marbury v. Madison
Natural rights
Three-fifths compromise
18. Presidential staff the agency that serves as a clearinghouse for budgetary requests and management improvements for government agencies.
Regulation
Single-member district
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Ethnocentrism
19. The formal process for making regulations.
Court of appeals
Jim Crow laws
Rule-making process
Sedition
20. Exemption from prosecution for a particular crime in return for testimony pertaining to the case.
Direct primary
Immunity
Multilateralism
Impoundment
21. Relationships among interest groups - congressional committees and subcommittees - and the government agencies that share a common policy concern.
Parliamentary system
Clear and present danger test
Environmental impact statement
Issue network
22. The effort to slow the growth of the federal government by returning many functions to the states.
Bureaucrat
Dealignment
Devolution revolution
Coattail effect
23. Loss of tax revenue due to Federal laws that provide special tax incentives or benefits to individuals or businesses.
Tax expenditure
Candidate appeal
Means-tested entitlements
Police powers
24. Libel - obscenity - fighting words - and commercial speech - which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances.
Candidate appeal
Open shop
'Necessary and proper' clause
Nonprotected speech
25. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party - group - or incumbent.
Redistributive policy
Race
Nonprotected speech
Gerrymandering
26. A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
Liberalism
Closed shop
Eminent domain
Bicameralism
27. 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
Court of appeals
Photo ops
Total and Partial Preemption
Antifederalists
28. Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that the government cannot interfere with speech unless the speech presents a clear and present danger that it will lead to evil or illegal acts.
Clear and present danger test
National party convention
Majority-minority district
Union shop
29. 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
Dual citizenship
'Necessary and proper' clause
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Collective action
30. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disaster relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.
Lobbying
Entitlements
Express powers
Naturalization
31. Elections in which voters elect officeholders.
Antitrust legislation
Prior restraint
General election
Plea bargain
32. Widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values that undergird them.
Democratic consensus
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Iron triangle
Party registration
33. Constitutional requirement that governments proceed by proper methods; limits how government may exercise power.
Social insurance
Procedural due process
Regulatory taking
Plea bargain
34. The right of women to vote.
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35. An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted.
State's rights
Safe seat
Concurring opinion
National supremacy
36. Special spending projects that are set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents.
Earmarks
Amicus curiae brief
Appellate jurisdiction
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
37. Theory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes - stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and the curve during booms.
Linkage institutions
Cabinet
Keynesian economics
Articles of Confederation
38. A dispute growing out of an actual case or controversy and that is capable of settlement by legal methods.
Justiciable dispute
Policy agenda
Centralists
Party registration
39. Police targeting of racial minorities as potential suspects of criminal activities.
Poll tax
Uncontrollable spending
Racial profiling
Medical savings account
40. Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government.
Federalists
Chief of staff
Interstate compact
The Federalist
41. A type of policy that provides benefits to all Americans.
Conservatism
'Our federalism'
Distributive policy
Entitlement programs
42. A formal written statement from a grand jury charging an individual with an offense; also called a true bill.
Permissive federalism
Midterm election
Economic sanctions
Indictment
43. Divisions within society that cut across demographic categories to produce groups that are more heterogeneous or different.
Libertarianism
Cross-cutting cleavages
Docket
Filibuster
44. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership is a condition of employment.
Capitalism
Impeachment
Closed shop
Constitutionalism
45. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government corporation
Photo ops
The Federalist
Interstate compact
46. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
Social capital
Project grants
Name recognition
Caucus
47. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.
Tax expenditure
Hold
Immunity
Writ of habeas corpus
48. A provision attached to a bill
Issue network
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Implied powers
Rider
49. Agency that administers civil service laws - rules - and regulations.
Ex post facto law
Theory of deterrence
Popular consent
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
50. Procedure for submitting to popular vote measures passed by the legislature or proposed amendments to a state constitution.
Progressive tax
Referendum
Independent agency
Redistributive policy
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