Subject/Topic Areas: A. The major formal and informal institutional arrangements of power B. Relationships among these four institutions and varying balances of power C. Linkages between institutions and the following: 1. Public opinion and voters 2. Interest groups 3. Political parties 4. The 5. and local governments Critical Vocabulary: Incumbents Legislative veto Management • • Casework Crisis GS rating • • • Pork barrel Role of Press Secretary Senior Executive • • • Bicameral legislature Budget Service • • Rules Committee Deficit Independent regulatory • • • Filibuster Expenditures agency • • Speaker of the House Revenues Government corporation • • • Majority leader Income tax Independent executive • • • Whips Sixteenth Amendment agency • • Minority leader Federal debt Policy implementation • • • Standing committees Tax expenditures Standard Operating • • • Joint committees Social Security Act Procedures • • Conference committees Medicare Administrative • • • Select committees Incrementalism discretion • • Legislative oversight Uncontrollable Regulation • • • Committee chairs expenditures Deregulation • • Seniority system Entitlements Command-and-control • • • Caucus (congressional) House Ways and Means policy • • Bill Committee Incentive system • • Lawmaking process Senate Finance Committee Executive orders • • • Twenty-second Congressional Budget Iron triangles • • • Amendment and Impoundment Issue networks • Impeachment Control Act of 1974 Standing to sue • • Watergate Congressional Budget Justiciable disputes • • • Office Amicus curiae briefs • • Amendment Budget resolution Original jurisdiction • • Cabinet Authorization bill Appellate jurisdiction • • • National Security Appropriations bill District courts • • • Council Continuing resolutions Courts of appeal • • Council of Economic Bureaucracy Supreme Court • • • Advisers Patronage Senatorial courtesy • • Office of Management Pendleton Civil Service Solicitor general • • • and Budget Act Opinion • Veto Civil service decisis • • • Pocket veto Merit principle Precedents • • • Presidential coattails Hatch Act Original intent • • • War Powers Resolution Office of Personnel Judicial implementation • • •
Subject/Topic Areas: A. The major formal and informal institutional arrangements of power B. Relationships among these four institutions and varying balances of power C. Linkages between institutions and the following: 1. Public opinion and voters 2. Interest groups 3. Political parties 4. The 5. and local governments Critical Vocabulary: • Incumbents • Casework • Pork barrel • Bicameral legislature • Rules Committee • Filibuster • Speaker of the House • Majority leader • Whips • Minority leader • Standing committees • Joint committees • Conference committees • Select committees • Legislative oversight • Committee chairs • Seniority system • Caucus (congressional) • Bill • Lawmaking process • Twenty-second Amendment • Impeachment • Watergate • Amendment • Cabinet • National Security Council • Council of Economic Advisers • Office of Management and Budget • Veto • Pocket veto • Presidential coattails • War Powers Resolution • Legislative veto • Crisis • Role of Press Secretary • Budget • Deficit • Expenditures • Revenues • Income tax • Sixteenth Amendment • Federal debt • Tax expenditures • Social Security Act • Medicare • Incrementalism • Uncontrollable expenditures • Entitlements • House Ways and Means Committee • Senate Finance Committee • Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 • Congressional Budget Office • Budget resolution • Authorization bill • Appropriations bill • Continuing resolutions • Bureaucracy • Patronage • Pendleton Civil Service Act • Civil service • Merit principle • Hatch Act • Office of Personnel Management • GS rating • Senior Executive Service • Independent regulatory agency • Government corporation • Independent executive agency • Policy implementation • Standard Operating Procedures • Administrative discretion • Regulation • Deregulation • Command-and-control policy • Incentive system • Executive orders • Iron triangles • Issue networks • Standing to sue • Justiciable disputes • Amicus curiae briefs • Original jurisdiction • Appellate jurisdiction • District courts • Courts of appeal • Supreme Court • Senatorial courtesy • Solicitor general • Opinion • decisis • Precedents • Original intent • Judicial implementation
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