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US Government Unit 3
Unit 3 - Vocabulary list
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Public Policy | Word used to described the laws and actions that a Government takes in a given time period. |
| Domestic Policy | laws, government programs, and administrative decisions which are directly related to all issues and activity within a nation's borders |
| Economic Policy | refers to the actions that governments takes regarding taxation, budgets, money supply and interest rates |
| Foreign Policy | Plan of action adopted by one nation in regards to its diplomatic dealings with other countries |
| Social Welfare Policy | Laws, rules and spending by the government on social services for its citizens |
| House of Representatives | Made up of 435 members. Any member can propose a bill. All tax bills must begin in this House of Congress. |
| Senate | Made up of 100 members. Any member can propose a bill. Each State has (2) two senators. |
| Ways and Means committee | Most important committee in House of Representatives because all tax agreements begin here. |
| Power of the purse | The influence that Congress has over public policy because of their power to vote money for public purposes. |
| Rules Committee | Committee in the House of Representatives that controls the calendar and the rules for debate on a bill. |
| Conference committee | Committee made up of House and Senate members that resolves differences in bills before being sent to the President to sign into law. |
| Speaker of the House | Leader of the House of Representatives. This position is 3rd in line to the Presidency. |
| Logrolling | In politics, advance agreement by legislators to vote for one another's bills. It is most common when legislators are trying to secure votes for bills that will benefit their home districts. |
| Quorum | The minimum number of members of a Congress that must be present in order business to be officially and legally conducted. |
| Veto | When a President refuses to sign a bill into law. |
| Pocket Veto | an indirect veto of a bill by the president by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session |
| Bureaucracy | Non-elected government employees that make important decisions about running the government |
| Filibuster | A delaying action, such as making an extremely long speech, in order to extend debate and delay the vote on a upcoming bill |
| Gerrymandering | To manipulate and divide up a States election districts so as to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts |
| Majority Party | The party that has greater numbers elected in Congress. |
| Minority Party | The party that has less numbers elected in Congress. |
| Divided Government | A situation in which one party controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of Congress, thus leading to Congressional gridlock. |
| Gridlock | In Politics, it refers to a situation where there is difficulty passing new laws because the votes needed are evenly divided. (also occurs when the President is a member of one party but Congress is controlled by the other party) |
| Bipartisan | A bill or act that involves the support of both Republicans and Democrats |
| Iron Triangle | relationship between the Bureaucracy, Congress and Lobbyists that results in the mutual benefit of all three of them. |
| Lobbyist | A person hired by an interest group to persuade lawmakers to support that business or cause |
| Amendment | a change or addition to a proposed bill |
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