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AP Gov Chapter 21 Key Terms

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Chapter 21 Interest Groups Key Terms line - item veto merit plan initiative recall local charter town meeting city manager subnational governments lieutenant governor direct democracy referendum Dillon?s Rule home rule council of governments
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Unit 3 Vocabulary

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Gerrymandering government in america chapter 15

1. Cabinet A group of presidential advisers not mentioned in the Constitution, although every president has had one. Today the cabinet is composed of 14 secretaries and the attorney general. 2. central clearance 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. 3. clinton v city of ny Declared the line item veto unconstitutional. 4. closed rule An order from the House Rules Committee that sets a time limit on debate; forbids a bill from being amended on the floor. 5. cloture A procedure for terminating debate, especially filibusters, in the Senate. 6. concurring opinion

American Government, Wilson - Chapter 14

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CHAPTER 14 - The Presidency What are Presidents and Prime Ministers? -Often Outsiders -Choose Cabinet Members from Outside Congress -Presidents Have No Guaranteed Majority in the Legislature What is Divided Government? Americans don?t like divided government. divided government - one party controls the White House and another controls one or both houses of Congress unified government - the same party controls the White House and both houses of Congress gridlock - inability of the government to act because rival parties control different parts of the government Does Gridlock Matter? In general, divided governments do about as well as unified ones in passing important laws, conducting important investigations, and ratifying significant treaties.

Chapter 11 key terms

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Chapter 11 Key-terms Chief executive: the role of the president serves as Head and chief administrator of the federal bureaucracy. Commander-in-chief: the president?s constitutional role as head of the Armed Forces with power to direct their use. Executive office of the president (EOP): the president?s personal bureaucracy that monitors the work done in Canada department and agencies. Executive orders: rules or regulations issued by the president that have the force of law; issue to implement constitutional provisions are statues. Executive privilege: the authority of a president to withhold specific types of information from the courts and Congress.

Supreme Court Case Brief, Clinton v. New York

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Supreme Court Case Brief Clinton v. New York (1998) Steven Cooper Political Science 203 Judicial Process 21 May 2013 Dr. Nancy Bednar Clinton v. New York 524 U.S. 417 (1998) I. TYPE OF ACTION: This is a Constitutional law case involving purported infringements of the Presentment Clause of Article 1; Section 7; Clauses 2&3 of the United States Constitution.

The Executive Branch: The President

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Word Meaning Recent Presidents 32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) 33. Harry S. Truman (D) 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 35. John F. Kennedy (D) 36. Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 37. Richard M. Nixon (R) 38. Gerald R. Ford (R) 39. Jimmy Carter (D) 40. Ronald Reagan (R) 41. George H. W. Bush (R) 42. William Clinton (D) 43. George W. Bush (R) 44. Barack H. Obama (D) 3 Audiences that must be satisfied politicians party activists, public takes highly developed leadership + management skills different theories on required characteristics etc Richard Neustadl - political scientist + historian - asserted that presidents most vital power is that of persuasion - cannot simply issue series of orders to carry out agenda
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