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| 10734685620 | Bureaucracy | A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 0 | |
| 10734691231 | Conference committees | temporary committees whose members are appointed by the Speaker of the House and the presiding officer of the Senate, created to work out a compromise on House and Senate versions of a piece of legislation | 1 | |
| 10734696701 | Congressional Oversight | Power used by Congress to gather information useful for the formation of legislation, review the operations and budgets of executive departments and independent regulatory agencies, conduct investigations through committee hearings, and bring to the public's attention the need for public policy | 2 | |
| 10734708054 | executive agreement | an agreement between the president and the leader of another country | 3 | |
| 10734711308 | Gerrymandering | Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power. | 4 | |
| 10734714838 | House Rules Committee | An institution unique to the House of Representatives that reviews all bills (except revenue, budget, and appropriations bills) coming from a House committee before they go to the full House. | 5 | |
| 10734721838 | incumbent | An officeholder who is seeking reelection. | 6 | |
| 10734740077 | independent agency | federal board or commission that is not part of any cabinet department | 7 | |
| 10734745623 | iron triangles (subgovernments) | A network of groups within the American political system that exercise a great deal of control over specific policy areas. They are composed of interest group leaders interested in a particular policy, the government agency in charge of administering that policy, and the members of congressional committees and subcommittees handling that policy. | 8 | |
| 10734761752 | Issue networks | an alliance that may contain scholars, interest groups, executive agency staff, and legislative staff members | 9 | |
| 10734766527 | Joint Committees | A joint committee is a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization. | 10 | |
| 10734783139 | judicial activism | A judicial philosophy in which judges make bold policy decisions, even charting new constitutional ground. Advocates of this approach emphasize that the courts can correct pressing needs, especially those unmet by the majoritarian political process. | 11 | |
| 10734788253 | Logrolling | An agreement by two or more lawmakers to support each other's bills | 12 | |
| 10734793286 | Pork Barrelling | legislation designed to make government benefits, including jobs and projects used as political patronage, flow to a particular district or state | 13 | |
| 10734799243 | Senate Judiciary Committee | Standing Senate committee charged with reviewing judicial affairs, including federal court nominations. | 14 | |
| 10734804684 | standing committee | A permanent committee established in a legislature, usually focusing on a policy area | 15 | |
| 10734811704 | War Powers Resolution of 1973 | a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. | 16 | |
| 10734814623 | Ways and Means Committee | The House of Representatives committee that, along with the Senate Finance Committee, writes the tax codes, subject to the approval of Congress as a whole. | 17 |
