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1. Money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party-building purposes. Now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state or local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.






2. Words that by their very nature inflict injury on those to whom they are addressed or insight them to acts of violence.






3. Those citizens who follow public affairs carefully.






4. A PAC formed by an officeholder that collects contributions from individuals and other PACs and then makes contributions to other candidates and political parties.






5. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases.






6. The tendency in elections to focus on the personal attributes of a candidate - such as his/her strengths - weaknesses - background - experience - and visibility.






7. Power of a government to take private property for public use; the U.S. Constitution gives national and state governments this power and requires them to provide just compensation for property so taken.






8. Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president.






9. 30-second statements on the evening news shows. The media have been accused of simplifying complicated political issues by relying on sound bites to explain them to the public.






10. The assigning by Congress of congressional seats after each census. State legislatures reapportion state legislative districts.






11. The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights.






12. The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether.






13. 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






14. National Health Insurance program for the elderly and disabled.






15. Clause of the Constitution (Article I - Section 10) originally intended to prohibit state governments from modifying contracts made between individuals; for a while interpreted as prohibiting state governments from taking actions that adversely affec






16. Presidential power to strike - or remove - specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.






17. A procedure for terminating debate - especially filibusters - in the Senate.






18. Established rules and regulations that restrain government officials.






19. 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






20. The study of the characteristics of populations.






21. The formal instructions that government issues for implementing laws.






22. A company in which new employees must join a union within a stated time period.






23. Citizenship in more than one nation.






24. The cluster of presidential staff agencies that help the president carry out his responsibilities. Currently the office includes the Office of Management and Budget - the Council of Economic Advisers - and several other units.






25. Legislative or executive review of a particular government program or organization. Can be in response to a crisis of some kind or part of routine review.






26. Remedial action designed to overcome the effects of discrimination against minorities and women.






27. The power to keep executive communications confidential - especially if they relate to national security.






28. 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.






29. The means by which individuals can express preferences regarding the development of public policy.






30. A jury of 6 to 12 persons that determines guilt or innocence in a civil or criminal action.






31. Election in which voters choose party nominees.






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






33. 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.






34. The legislative leader selected by the minority party as spokesperson for the opposition.






35. A tax on increased value of the product at each stage of production and distribution rather than just at the point of sale.






36. 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.






37. Views the national government - 50 states - and thousands of local governments as competing with each other over ways to put together packages of services and taxes. Applies the analogy of the marketplace: we have some choice about which state and ci






38. The clause of the Constitution (Article I - Section 8 - Clause 3) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.






39. Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution - published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.






40. Consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise - such as tobacco.






41. Electoral system used in electing the president and vice president - in which voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for particular party's candidates.






42. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disability relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.






43. A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests or interest groups.






44. A requirement the federal government imposes as a condition for receiving federal funds.






45. Segregation imposed by law.






46. Money government provides to parents to pay their children's tuition in a public or private school of their choice.






47. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.






48. The rights of an individual to own - use - rent - invest in - buy - and sell property.






49. International organization derived from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that promotes it free trade around the world.






50. An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood.







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