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- 5. the ability to use language effectively. The undue use of exaggeration or display. The art of influencing others through the use of words.
- 7. the president’s refusal to sign a bill into law.
- 9. the number of Representatives or Senators that must be present before business can begin.
- 11. a constitutional procedure for removing the president and other high federal officials from office for illegal activities.
- 14. a technique by which a minority of senators attempts to block the passage of a bill through continuous talk, thus delaying the vote.
- 18. a change or addition to the Constitution, the basic document establishing the framework of the federal government.
- 19. favorable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms and favoring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate political and social reform.
- 20. a wasteful government financed infrastructure developed at a cost much greater than its value, undertaken for local or political gain.
- 21. a power held by the legislative branch of government (Congress) to approve or disapprove recommendations or actions of the president or other government officials.
- 22. often taken as synonymous with right wing with a penchant for censorship and state control to protect against ‘immoral’ personal behavior, but technically an attitude of belief in the established order and suspicious of change.
- 23. government by the people, through free and frequent elections.
- 24. someone who acts professionally to serve as a go-between for people or business with a complaint about specific legislation and the relevant government minister/secretary.
- 25. is establishment of a voting district in such a way as to give an advantage to one political party.
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- 1. an economic means of influencing another nation or business by refusing to purchase its products.
- 2. an economic system based on the recognition of private property rights, where prices are dictated by supply and demand, and where the means of production and distribution of goods and services derive from privately owned resources, or capital, operating within an unregulated market.
- 3. an attitude where there is found to be unanimity in approaches to certain issues, either due to laziness in research, or fear of the consequences of going against the prevailing wisdom.
- 4. an electoral device that allows voters to approve or disapprove a proposed public measure or an actual law.
- 6. the government’s structure, with its numerous offices and officials who have clearly defined responsibilities; is often characterized by inflexible rules and endless red tape.
- 8. having the right to vote or elect; any of the voters represented by a particular official.
- 10. a grant of money to finance a government program.
- 12. the belief that one’s own race, nation, or culture is superior to all others.
- 13. a public statement of the principles, objectives, and policy of a political party, a plan.
- 15. not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied
- 16. an official prohibition of trade by one nation against another nation.
- 17. a mutual exchange policy in which each part grants the other corresponding privileges.