PLS 101
American National Government
W. Lee Johnston, Ph.D.

Test 3 Terms/Concepts


Chapter 9

agenda setting gerrymandering politico
bicameralism impeachment president pro tempore
casework instructed delegate reapportionment
cloture joint committee redistricting
conference committee justiciable question representation
constituent lawmaking Rules Committee
continuing resolution logrolling second budget resolution
direct primary majority floor leader select committee
enumerated power majority leader of the House seniority system
executive budget minority floor leader spring review
fall review minority leader of the House standing committee
filibustering ombudsperson trustee
first budget resolution oversight whip
fiscal year (FY) party identifier
franking

Chapter 10

advice and consent emergency power pardon
appointment power executive agreement patronage
cabinet Executive Office of the President (EOP) pocket veto
chief diplomat executive order reprieve
chief executive executive privilege State of the Union message
chief legislator expressed power statutory power
chief of staff Federal Register statutory power
chief of state inherent power Twelfth Amendment
commander in chief kitchen cabinet Twenty-fifth Amendment
constitutional power National Security Council (NSC) veto message
Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) War Powers Resolution
diplomatic recognition White House Office

Chapter 11

acquisitive model Hatch Act (Political Activities Act) monopolistic model
administrative agency independent executive agency natural aristocracy
bureaucracy independent regulatory agency Pendleton Act (Civil Service Reform Act)
cabinet department iron triangle spoils system
Civil Service Commission issue network Weberian model
contracting out line organization
enabling action merit system
government corporation
Government in the Sunshine Act

Chapter 12

affirm diversity of citizenship limited jurisdiction
amicus curiae brief federal question litigate
appellate court general jurisdiction majority opinion
case law judicial activism opinion
class-action suit judicial implementation oral arguments
common law judicial restraint political question
concurring opinion jurisdiction precedent
dissenting opinion justiciable dispute remand
reverse stare decisis writ of certiorari
rule of four trial court
senatorial courtesy unanimous opinion

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