Final Flashcards
Primary variable joining interest group
Higher education, higher income
American Federation of labor
Labor group
Salidiary benefits of interest groups
Friendships, discounts, contacts
New politics
public interest
Amicus curae
Interest group
Grassroots lobbying campaign
Read under interest groups mobilizing members and family to rite support
Interest groups can mobilize public opinion by
Holding rallies or putting out ads
People are spores can give an unlimited amount of money through
PACs
Which is not offered by legal constituents
Legal advice
Congressional organization is influenced by all of the following except
Presidential directive
Bill
When something can become a law
Who controls the floor debate
The rules committee
Cloture
How many senators you need to end a filibuster 3/5
Filibuster
Allows members speak continuously
Conference committee
Temporary committee from both houses to compromise on legislation
The veto
Can be overridden by two thirds vote in both houses
Oversight
Efforts of Congress supervising what executive branch is Doing
What is true about presidential impeachment
Partisan exercise and inherent powers of the president
North Korea invaded South Korea
Truman sent troops in Korea without declaration of war
What is the signing statement
The president announces the signing statement
The civil service act of 1883
To attempt to pattern hiring
The first regulatory agency
Interstate commerce commission by Congress in 1887
What was the first regulatory agencies
Independent regulatory commissions
What is oversight in Congress
Can hold agencies accountable for their actions based on an investigation
What is not congressional oversight
Members of Congress can work part time for a non government agency
What is the ultimate appellate court
The Supreme Court
How do you describe due process
And people have an equal opportunity to be treated arbitrarily to government officials/courts
How many court cases are federal cases
1% of all cases
What is true about federal courts
They can intact society but judicial interpretation of the Constitution
Senatorial courtesy
Senators of the presidents party approving of the judicial nominees from their home state
Person, party, or interest group
Amicus curae brief
Officially express proposal goal by a sanction
Public-policy
What was the centerpiece of bushes economic policy
Tax cuts
Want to public opinion polls think of welfare
Welfare is unfair and undeserving
Medicare and Medicaid
Medicaid is noncontributory and Medicare is contributory
COLA
Cost-of-living adjustment, rate of inflation
Best example of shadow welfare
Workplace medical insurance
What is the shadow welfare state
Medical care benefits distributed by private companies and subsidized by the government
United States and the world affairs prior to the 20th century
Very limited
How much does the US spend on military
One third of the entire world’s military expenditure
Security Council
There are five permanent spots those countries who won World War II and the other members rotate (10)
