Final Flashcards

1
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Important joint committee

A

Conference committee

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2
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Significant incumbent advantage

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Incumbency

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3
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Most powerful person in Congress

A

Speaker of the house

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4
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Talking a bill to death

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Filibuster

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5
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Vote to end a senate debate

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Cloture

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6
Q

Presidential power often misused

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Pardon power

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7
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Law to limit powers of commander & chief

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War powers resolution

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8
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Most important presidential appointment

A

Chief of state

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9
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A mini treaty

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Dètente

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10
Q

More open access to the Oval Office

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The wheel

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11
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This organization does investigative work for Congress

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GAO

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12
Q

This man abused his bureaucratic authority

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JE Hoover

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13
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Law that makes bureaucratic documents more open

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Freedom of info act

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14
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EPA & Sierra Club

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Issue network

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15
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Special power enjoyed by the Supreme Court

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Judicial review

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16
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Number of district courts

17
Q

Length of term for federal judges

18
Q

He helps screen federal appeals to the Supreme Court

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Solicitor General

19
Q

To make certain

A

Writ of Certiorari

20
Q

Written opinions n that disagrees

A

Dissenting

21
Q

Written opinion that disagrees

A

Dissenting

22
Q

A power that Supreme Court lacks

A

Pardon power

23
Q

He spoke of the Eute Model

24
Q

All public policy is forums lasted based on this

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Mass media

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Anti-monopoly law targeting Rockefeller
Sherman Anti-trust
26
Program to rebuild Europe after WWII
Marshall plan
27
Worst moment of the Cold War
Cuban middle crisis
28
Americas treatment position regarding foreign involvements
Isolation
29
Idea of an international communist conspiracy
Domino theory
30
This plays a role in foreign policy
Tariff
31
This policy kept nuclear peace for 50 years
The MAD doctrine
32
Example of a rogue state
North Korea
33
Bonus
National self interest, Bureaucracy & co free
34
A primary power of Congress
Budget