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| 4883395407 | Fairness Doctrine | An FCC regulation affecting broadcasting media. The doctrine requires that broadcast media give to legitimate opposing political groups or individuals fair or equal opportunity to broadcast their views. | 0 | |
| 4883395408 | Fall Review | The time every year when the Office of Management and Budget reviews formal federal agency requests for funding for the next fiscal year, makes changes, and submits its recommendations to the president. | 1 | |
| 4885868097 | Fascist | One who practices or supports fascism | 2 | |
| 4885868098 | Federal Budget | The estimate of the income and expenditures need by the federal government to carry out its program in some future period, usually a fiscal year | 3 | |
| 4885868099 | Federal Circuit Court of Appeal | A special court established by congress in 1982 to be on the same footing as the existing 12 courts of appeals but with nationwide jurisdiction based on subject matter rather than geographic area. It covers, in particular, business, trade and civil service. | 4 | |
| 4885868100 | Federal Communications Commission (FCC) | An independent regulatory commission that controls interstate and foreign electronic communications | 5 | |
| 4885868101 | Federal Court Systems | The federal governments court system that's divided into three levels. The bottom level is made up of 94 federal district courts. At the next level are 13 federal circuit courts of appeal. The top level is the Supreme Court. | 6 | |
| 4994000752 | Federal Selection Campaign Act | An act passed in 1972 the controls the raising and spending of funds for political campaigns. A second act passed in 1974 imposed additional reforms including creation of the Federal Election Commission; providing public financing for presidential primaries and general elections; limiting presidential campaign spending; limiting contributions by citizens and groups; and requiring discourse of contributions. | 7 | |
| 4994000753 | Federal Mandate | Federal rules requiring compliance by states and municipalities in order to obtain federal grant money, or rules requiring states to pay the costs of specific nationally-defined programs. | 8 | |
| 4994000754 | Federal Open Market Committee | The FOMC decides how monetary policy should be carried out by the Federal Reserve and is the most important body within the Federal Reserve system. | 9 | |
| 4994033211 | Federal Register | A publication of the executive orders, rules, and regulations of the executive branch of the US government, as well as bureaucratic rules. | 10 | |
| 4994033212 | Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act (1946) | An act that sought to regulate the lobbying activities of pressure groups | 11 | |
| 4996860608 | Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) | Americas central banking system that establishes monetary policies, regulates the amount of currency in circulation, and determines the price of money (through interest rates). It's 7-member board of governors works with 12 regional banks and thousands of member banks to implement its policies. | 12 | |
| 4996860609 | Federal System of Government | A system of government that divides powers between a central government and divisional or regional governments. Each level must have some domain in which its policies are dominant and some genuine political or constitutional guarantee of its authority. | 13 | |
| 4996860610 | Federalism | A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional or subdivisional governments. | 14 | |
| 4996860611 | Federalist | A person who supported the adoption of the new constitution and the creation of the federal union. As a group, federalist formed the first American political party, which was led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. | 15 | |
| 4996860612 | Federalist no. 10 | A federalist paper written by James Madison that discusses factions (or single interest groups) that seek to dominate the political process. | 16 | |
| 4996860613 | Federalist no. 51 | A federalist paper written by James Madison that discusses the structural features of American government, including separation of powers and federalism. | 17 | |
| 4997328073 | Federalist Papers | A group of 85 essays publishes in several New York newspapers in 1787 to persuade people in New York to adopt the new constitution, which had recently been drafted in Philadelphia. | 18 | |
| 4997328074 | Feeding Frenzy | A process through which members of the media attack politicians are candidates whose performance or character has been called into question. Through such activity, journalist have become news makers as much as news reporters, propelling some politicians to power, while helping to eliminate others. The term refers to the behavior of hungry animals that encounter a food source. | 19 | |
| 4997328075 | Fighting Words | Words uttered by a public speaker that could provoke the average listener to immediate acts of violence. The words are usually derogatory or offensive to someone's race, religion, or ethnicity. These utterances are not protected by the 1st amendment. | 20 | |
| 4997328076 | Filibuster | Unlimited speech making in the senate, designed to stall the legislative process and halt action on a particular bill. | 21 | |
| 4997328077 | Finance Committee | A standing committee in the senate, in charge in taxes. | 22 | |
| 4997328078 | Fireside Chat | One of the informal chats by Franklin D. Roosevelt via the radio. | 23 | |
| 4997328079 | First Budget Resolution | A resolution passed by congress in May that sets overall revenue and spending goals and, therefore, the size of the deficit for the following fiscal year. | 24 | |
| 4997328080 | Fiscal Policy | Governments use of its powers to tax and spend in order to influence the nations economy. | 25 | |
| 4997328081 | Fiscal Year (FY) | A 12 month period the government uses for bookkeeping or accounting purposes. The fiscal year is usually not the same as the calendar year. Traditionally, the fiscal year of the US government ran from July 1 to June 30. In 1974 Congress change the fiscal year to run from October 1 to September 30. | 26 | |
| 4997328082 | Fluidity | The changing of public opinion as time passes. | 27 | |
| 4997328083 | Focus Group | A small group of people and a moderator- led discussion that gathers feelings, opinions, and responses to specific candidates and political or economic issues. | 28 | |
| 4997328084 | Food and Drug Administration | A national agency charged with safeguarding consumers from impure food and medications. | 29 | |
| 4997328085 | Food Stamps | The federal government welfare program that if she's coupons for low income individuals. The recipients can use the coupons to purchase food. | 30 | |
| 4997328086 | Foreign Policy | A nations goals in its interactions with other nations, and the techniques and strategies used to achieve them. These goals are decided and acted on in the "foreign policy process". | 31 | |
| 4997328087 | Foreign Relations Committee | A standing committee on the senate charged with monitoring foreign relations. | 32 | |
| 4997328088 | Formal Presidential Roles | Chief diplomat, chief executive, chief legislature, chief of party, chief of state, commander in chief. | 33 | |
| 4997328089 | Fourth Branch of Government | A term referring to the federal bureaucracy. | 34 | |
| 4997328090 | Framers | The authors of the constitution. | 35 | |
| 4997328091 | Franking | A policy that allows congressional members to substitute their facsimile signature (frank) for postage when sending materials through the mail | 36 | |
| 4997328092 | Free Exercise Clause | The 1st amendment provision guaranteeing freedom of worship and religious practice. | 37 | |
| 4997328093 | Free-rider problem | The problem that interest groups face when people can benefit from their activities without actually joining are participating in the interest group. | 38 | |
| 4997328094 | Freedom of Religion | The freedom to worship and practice the religion of one's choice. Guaranteed by the 1st and 14th amendments. | 39 | |
| 4997328095 | Freedom of Speech | The right to speak without prior restraint, subject to penalties for abuse of the right through such actions as obscenities, slander, incitement to crime, contempt of court, and sedation. Guaranteed by the 1st and 14th amendment. | 40 | |
| 4997328096 | Freedom of Press | The right to publish and disseminate information without prior restraint, subject to penalties for abuse of the right through such actions as obscenity, libel, incitement a crime, contempt of court, and sedation. Guaranteed by the 1st and 14th amendment. | 41 | |
| 4997328097 | Freedom Ride | Civil rights demonstrations in the early 1960s in which interracial activist rode buses together through parts of the southern states to protest racial segregation and discrimination. | 42 | |
| 4997328098 | Freedom to Farm Act (1996) | Act that phased out price supports for American farmers and left agricultural prices to be determined by market forces. | 43 | |
| 4997328099 | Front Runner | The presidential candidate considered to have the lead at any given time in an election. | 44 | |
| 4997328100 | Front-loading | The practice of scheduling presidential primary elections during early parts of election campaign to increase the amount of influence that certain states or regions exert on the nomination. | 45 | |
| 4997328101 | Full Faith and Credit Clause | A section of the constitution (article lv, section 1) requiring states to recognize the laws and court decisions of other states. Due to this clause, deeds, wills, contracts, and other civil matters in one state must be honored by all states. | 46 | |
| 4997328102 | Furman v Georgia | A case that resulted in the death penalty being declared cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the 8th amendment. | 47 |
