AP Gov Vocab

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  1. 4. grants Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services. compare categorical grants
  2. 5. A strategy unique to the Senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation use their right to unlimited debate to prevent the Senate from ever voting on a bill
  3. 6. discretion The authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem
  4. 7. executive agency The government agencies not accounted for by cabinet departments, independent regulatory commissions, and government corporations
  5. 8. A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people
  6. 12. grants Federal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations
  7. 13. Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments
  8. 14. poll Public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision
  9. 16. An economic system in which individuals and corporations, not the government, own the principal means of production and seek profits
  10. 17. The principle that government should not meddle in the economy
  11. 18. clause The final paragraph of Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which authorizes Congress to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the enumerated powers
  12. 20. legislature A legislature divided into two houses
  13. 21. Those already holding office
Down
  1. 1. grants Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes
  2. 2. Groups such as parties or interest groups
  3. 3. institutions The political channels through which people's concerns become political issues on the policy agenda
  4. 5. exercise clause A First Amendment provision that prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion
  5. 7. powers Powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution
  6. 9. Direct group involvement in the electoral process, for example, by helping to fund campaigns, getting members to work for candidates, and forming political action committees
  7. 10. action A policy designed to give special attention to or compensatory treatment for members of some previously disadvantaged group
  8. 11. veto A type of veto occurring when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president and the president simply lets the bill die by neither signing nor vetoing it
  9. 15. Party leaders who work with the majority leader or minority leader to count votes beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill favored by the party
  10. 19. triangles Also known as subgovernments, a mutually dependent, mutually advantageous relationship between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees