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BUTTER FOR

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PARTY OVER

HERE; PARTY

OVER THERE

TRIPLE DOG

DARE YOU

POTPOURRI

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LINKAGE INSTITUTIONS

Your cause is not on the radar, so

you may want to utilize one of these

structures that connect you with

government.

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

THE WAR POWERS ACT IS A

LIMITATION ON THIS PRESIDENTIAL

ROLE.

PRIMARIES

The part of the election cycle

that brings out the

ideologues

501c + 527 = 1028c

Sum of the IRS codes for an

organization of people united

around a single issue or

campaign plus a non-profit

organization. Include the

algebra.

HORSE TRADING

It even extends to foreign policy,

like when North Korea offered to

give up one nuclear weapons facility

in exchange for the U.S. dropping all

economic sanctions.

CHIEF LEGISLATOR

State of the Union address.

REALIGNMENT

Rather than claiming your newly-

discovered political independence,

it’s a period where you and your

coalition change parties.

FISCAL POLICY

I’M TELLING YOU, IF WE BORROW

MORE FROM THE Chinese and

tax the hell out of the rich in

order to purchase more

common core textbooks, it’ll

help the economy!

IRON TRIANGLE

Ask not what your country

can do for you, but what the

bureaucracy can do for your

special interest group,

provided we get the

appropriation.

CHIEF DIPLOMAT

Treaties

CITIZENS UNITED V FEC

SCOTUS ruled that restricting INDEPENDENT

POLITICAL BROADCASTS by corporations and

unions was unconstitutional.

LOG ROLLING

I’ll vote for your pork barrel

amendment to the legislation in

order to secure your vote in

favor of it overall.

PUBLIC AGENDA

Collective term for the issues

that people believe require

government action.

LAME DUCK

Term describing the fact that

Presidents may lose a great

degree of their power due to

unpopularity or having a short

amount of time left in their term.

STV; CANDIDATE-CENTERED ELECTIONS;

DIRECT PRIMARIES; DEALIGNMENT

Three of the four major reasons why the

power of political parties has weakened

since 1900.

•MONETARY POLICY

Seen here, it is the result of

poor-decision making in this area

of public policy.

COMMERCE CLAUSE

Constitutional provision that

enabled Congress to create the

Federal Reserve and the Meat

Inspection Acts.

CHIEF ECONOMIST

The OMB is MOST CLOSELY

connected to this role.

PLURALITY SYSTEM/WINNER-TAKE ALL

The primary factor responsible

for the fact that the

Republicans were the last third

party to make any real headway

in the U.S.

REAPPORTIONMENT

In this Supreme Court case, THE

petitioner argued that Tennessee

violated this clause of the

Constitution when it ignored

economic and population shifts when

reapportioning the state assembly.

BAKER V CARR/EQ PROTECTION CLAUSE