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| the process by which new issues are brought into the political limelight |
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| keeping track of gov programs, usually done by interest groups |
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| the banding together of several interest groups for the purpose of lobbying |
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| lobbying organization built around policy concerns unrelated to members vocational interests |
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| redistribution of representatives among the states based on population change the house is reapportioned after each census |
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| Descriptive Representation |
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| A belief that constituents are most effectively represented by legislators who are similar to them in such key demographic characteristics as race. ethnicity. religion, or gender |
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| federal funds appropriated by congress for use on local projects |
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| Economic policies that involve control of and changes in the supply of money |
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| those who argue that government can effectively control the performance of an economy only by controlling the supply of money |
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| the amounts that government agencies are authorized to spend for their programs |
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| the amounts that government agencies are expected to spend in the fiscal year |
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| for a gov, the amount expected or obtained in taxes and other remeies |
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| Office of Management and Budget |
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| the budgeting arm of the executive office, prepares the president's budget |
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| the two committees of congress responsible for raising the revenue with which to run the government |
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| Committees of Congress that can authorize spending in their particular areas of responsibility |
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| Appropriations Committees |
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| committees of congress that decide which of the programs passed by the authorization committees will actually be funded |
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| One committee in each house of congress that supervises a comprehensive budget review process |
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| Congressional Budget Office |
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| the budgeting arm of congress, which prepares alternative budgets to those prepared by the presidents OMB |
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| Act passed by congress in 1985 that in it's original frm sought to lower the national deficit to a specified level each year culminating in a balanced budget |
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| a 1990 law that distinguished between mandatory and discretionary spending |
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| in the budget enforcement act of 1990, expenditures required by previous requirements |
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| in the budget enforcement act of 1990, authorized expenditures from annual appropriations |
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| benefits to which every eligible person has a legal right and that the gov cannot deny |
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| in the budget enforcement act of 1990, the requirement that any tax cut or expansion of an entitlement program must be offset by a tax increase or other savings |
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| Balanced Budget Act (BBA) |
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| A 1997 law that promised to balance the budget by 2002 |
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| A method of budget making that involves adding new funds onto the amount previously budget |
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| a payment that government must make by law |
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| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act |
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| A 1996 natinal act that abolished the longtime welfare policy, gives the states much more control of welfare policy |
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| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act |
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| A 1996 natinal act that abolished the longtime welfare policy, gives the states much more control of welfare policy |
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| Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
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| the federal governments primary law to assist the nations elementary and secondary schools. It emerged as part of president lbj great society |
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| a pact between the heads of two countries |
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| Enlargement and Engagement |
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| Clinton's policy following the collapse of communism, of increasing the spread of market economies and increasing the U.S. role in global affairs |
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| Acting before the threat occurs - bush doctrine |
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| those who wish to prevent imports from entering the country and therefore oppose free trade |
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