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Unit 3 Public Policy
Use these games to study Unit 3 vocabulary.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Policy | A plan for carrying out a law or other rule. A plan that the government makes in response to a political issue. A policy is a course of action taken with regard to some problem. |
| Bill | An idea for a law that Congress will decide on |
| Power of the Purse | The power Congress has because they decide how money is spent |
| Majority Party | The political party with the most members in Congress |
| Minority Party | The political party with the fewest members in Congress |
| Lobbying | Trying to influence lawmakers to make laws that are good for certain interest groups |
| Divided Government | A government in which the majority party in Congress is different than the party of the president |
| Interest Group | An organization of people with a shared cause that tries to influence policies |