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| Necessary and Proper clause |
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| It is called "elastic clause" It can authorize a varieties of powers not specifically listed. This allows the government to grow along with the nation. |
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| It emphasizes Congress civil rights legislation and social welfare proposals. It changed the nation-state relationship. federal government began funding work in domains and and state and local government became very dependent on federal funding $.$ |
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| refrain voiced in opposition to the federal government's controlling the state government. It works as antigovernment sentiment. It usually argues that the federal government is intruding on the power of states |
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| Antigovernment protests. It was done by mostly white male, educated and working class Republicans. They believe that Obama has expanded the role of government too much and is moving the country toward socialism. |
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| placing policy questions on state ballots and having them decided directly by voters. |
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| A system in which the central government has only the powers given to it by the subnational governments. |
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| The day-to-day cooperation among federal, state, and local officials in carrying out the business of government. |
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| The delegation of authority by the national government to lower units of government to make policy |
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| The idea that the Constitution created a system in which the national government and the states have separate grants of power with each supreme |
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| A system in which power is divided between central government and subnational or local governments |
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| Full faith and credit clause |
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| A clause in the U.S. Constitution that requires the states to recognize contracts that are valid in other states. |
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| Federal money provided to state for community development and to establish programs to help the poor. It began during the New Deal |
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| The grant of considerable autonomy (condition of self-government) to local government |
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| nation-centered federalism |
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| The view that the Constitution was written by representatives of people and ratified by the people. They believe that the national government is the supreme power in the federal relationship |
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| state-centered federalism |
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| The view that our constitution system is from state sovereignty over that of the national government. It argues that the states created the national government and the sates are superior to the federal government. |
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| the idea of states as places for policy experimentation. |
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| A clause in the U.S. Constitution stating that treaties and laws made by the national government take precedence over state laws |
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| Federal laws that require the states to do something without providing full funding for the required activity. |
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| A system in which the national government is supreme. Subnational government is created by the national government and have only the power it distributes to them |
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| The district a member of Congress represents |
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| A district whose boundaries are devised to maximize the political advantage of a party or a racial or ethnic group |
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| By obtaining funds, new programs, buildings and other public works bring benefits to their districts or states |
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| party meetings or party members known as the party conference |
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| The rule was made to protect committee members from powerful speakers of the House. The power speakers of the house used authority to award committee chairs to friends and allies. |
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| The process in which a congress subcommittee rewrites a bill after doing hearings on it |
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| A system for delay in the Senate where members engage in speech to prevent the Senate from voting on a bill |
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| A method of stopping filibuster by limiting debate to twenty hours. IT requires a vote of three-fifths of the Senate members |
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| Specific amount of money appointed from the member of Congress requesting for a project in his district. It was included in the committee report attached to the bills that instruct the executive branch agency how to use the money authorized for necessary projects |
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| The members of the House of Representatives working to keep party unity by keeping in contact with party members and ensuring them to vote for party-backed bills. Majority and the minority both have a whip. |
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| legislative bill dies by pocket veto when a president does not sign it and Congress breaks off within ten days |
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| President's authority to remove guilt and restore the rights of those convicted of federal crime. This excludes an impeached president. |
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| Administrative procedure Act (APA) |
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| Legislation passed that provides for public participation in the rule-making process. All federal agencies have to disclose their rule-making procedures and make regulations thirty days before their date to allow public comment |
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| Pendleton Act created this agency to curb patronage in the federal bureaucracy and to replace it with a merit system |
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| delegated legislative authority |
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| the power to draft and execute specific policies. It was granted to executive branch agencies when there were a technical problem and a special technician was needed |
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| The Freedom of Information Act. IT was passed in 1966. This lets the member of the public apply to an agency to go through unclassified documents |
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| A statue built in 1939. This limited political activities of federal employees |
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| A system of filling official government jobs on the basis of competence instead of patronage |
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| The concept that bureaucrats should decide in a politic manner when making policies and be chosen as the expertise. |
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| This was adopted in 1976. It requires that government meetings can be organized in public and that notice of meetings can be posted before carrying out. For example, Regulatory agencies ave to give notice of the date, time and place of their meetings and keep the rules to prevent unwarranted secrecy. Federal and State sunshine laws made it hard for public body to meet in secret to do official business |
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| Employee who exposes mismanagement and abuse of office by government officials |
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