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AP Gov Unit V
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1st step of budget making process | Executive Branch starts (executive agencies prepare budget needs |
| 2nd step of budget making process | Goes to OMB |
| 3rd step of budget making process | Goes to President |
| 4th step of budget making process | Then sent to Legislative Branch |
| Who has the main responsibility for foreign policy? | President has dominant power for foreign policy |
| Who has power to declare war and commerce power? | Congress |
| What does NEPA do? | National Environmental Policy Act: Requires Environmental Impact reports before construction |
| What area of the budget has grown the most lately? | Entitlement Programs |
| Diversity of public opinion? | The distribution of individual preferences or evaluations of a given issue, candidate, or institution within a specific population. |
| Iron Triangles parts? | congressional committees, the bureaucracy, interest groups |
| What's Uncontrollable Spending? | Portion of the federal budget that is spent on programs that the President and Congress are unwilling to cut. |
| Entitlements Definition? | 1.) Program where you must meet a certain income requirement 2.) Benefits guaranteed by law paid to individuals by the federal gov |
| Power of the Purse? | Congress's power; congressional exclusive power to authorize expenditures by all avenues of the federal government |
| Fiscal policy definition? | the use of the government spending and revenue collection to influence the economy |
| Presidential foreign policy power? | Negotiates treaties and unity of office, also quick advantage |
| Foreign policy who? | Secretary of State |
| Congress limits presidential foreign policy power? | War Power's Act |
| Federal budget largest expenditure? | Social Security |
| Environmental government agency? | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Fed regulates money supply? | Monetary Policy |
| Meat Inspection Act? | The Jungle by: Upton Sinclair |
| Policy Entrepreneur? | People who invest their political "capital" in an issue. |
| Keynesian economics, increasing government spending? | form of demand-side economics that encourages government action to increase or decrease demand and output. (cut taxes and regulation?) |
| Government agency, greatest impact on economy? | Federal Reserve Board |
| The Fed.,how is it independent? | the appointment procedure for Governors, the appointment procedure for Reserve Bank Presidents, and funding. (Monetary policy?) |
| SS Problems? | Baby Boom generation is living longer and going bankrupt in 2038 |
| President's advantages in foreign policy? | Has power to send ambassadors |
| Public policy definition? | the course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem |
| Foreign affairs; which agency? | CIA |
| Congressional checks on President? | 2/3 majority vote to override veto |
| Welfare Reform Act, 1996: provisions? | Limit is 5 years; must work; requires team moms to stay in school and live at home; ends the federal entitlement programs ADFC and created TANF |
| SS: reforms? | making age requirement higher, higher taxes, less benefits, means tested, privatize |
| Environmental policy in US? | refers to the commitment of an organization to the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning environmental issues. |
| Most independent economic federal agency? | Environment Protection Agency (EPA) |
| 16th Amendment definition? | allows the Congress to levy an income tax |
| Means tested definition? | income requirements |
| largest sources of federal revenue? | income tax |
| anti-monopoly law? | Sherman Anti-trust act |
| Supply- side; what are they doing? | cutting tax and regulations |
| Superfund definition? | federal government program designed to fund the cleanup of toxic wastes |
| discretionary spending example? | defense budget, education, EPA |
| First stage of policy making? | Identifying policy problems |
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