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Politics of the United States
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- Separation of powers- division of powers among the government (executive, judicial, legislative)
- Powers that are created because national gov exists
- Legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents
- The President heads the federal bureaucracy in his role of
- The President represents the American people in his role of
- Money that people and businesses pay to support the activities of the gov
- . The President leads his political party in his role of
- Article 1 section 8, gives congress power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out its duties
- direct contact made by lobbyist to persuade gov officials to support the policies their interest group favors
- Resolve differences between senate and house versions of the bill
- power of the legislative branch to review policies, programs, and activities of an executive branch
- Federalism- power is divided among governments, state, national
- freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony tie them to illegal acts
- Limited Government-restrictions by the US Constitution, no one above constitution
- Paid representative of an interest group who contacts gov officials on behalf of these interest groups
- right of an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell a product for 20 years
- bill that establishes a program and states how much can be spent on the program
- group of people who share common goals and organize to influence gov and policy
- Resolution passed by the same form by both houses
- A required government expenditure that continues from one year to the next