The power to reject particular parts, or items of a Bill.
What is ITEM VETO?
100
Collects taxes, borrows money, sets up courts, enforces laws, and punishes law breakers.
What is Shared Powers?
100
Charges made on purchases of goods and services.
What is Sales Taxes?
100
A tax on the earnings of individuals and businesses.
What is Income Tax?
100
Maine Leaders:
Chief Justice
Attorney General
Who is Leigh Sanfley and Jannett Mill
200
Is the state official, 2nd in rank to the Governor.
What is Lieutenant Governor?
200
Practically all political power lies with central government.
What is Unitary System?
200
Reps. are divided among Districts for their population.
What is Apportioned?
200
Income.
What is Revenue?
200
How they earn their position:
-elected judge
-Missouri plan
-governor appointing their friends.
Terms-4-15 years
-judge can be impeached.
What is how Judges are chosen and how they can lose their positions?
300
Judicial Action Commissions
What is official governmental bodies that handle situations in which judges might not be doing their job well
300
This is the government response to public issues.
What is Public Policy?
300
A charge on certain goods, such as alcoholic beverages, gasoline, and tabacco.
What is Excise Taxes?
300
The process by which citizens can propose law.
What is Initiative?
300
Bring charges against executive and judicial officers and determine their guilt or innocence.
What is Impeach?
400
Gives the states power that is not given to the National Government.
What is the 10th Amendment?
400
This: sets up local government
-conducts elections
-sets up public school systems
-oversees business
-makes laws that protect public health and safety. ex. traffic laws.
What is STATES POWERS?
400
A process for removing elected officials from office.
What is Recall?
400
Taxes:
-state sales tax-charges on goods and services. ME=6%
-Excise tax-taxes on certain goods, gas, tobacco, alcohol.
-income tax-tax on earnings
-bonds and lotteries.
What is How States Raise Money?
400
A method of choosing judges by a governor appointed by judges, lawyers and citizens and in the next elections voters have to say YES or NO for judges to stay the next 12 years.
What is Missouri Plan?
500
This is needed to raise an army, declare war, coin and money, regulate trade.
What is Federal Powers?
500
This gives money from Congress (Federal),
-categorical grants
-money for jobs, highway constructions
Conditions must be met before States can use funds.
What is Categorial Grants?
500
Certificates that people buy from the government.
What is Bonds?
500
The process by which a law is referred to the voters to approve or reject.
What is Referendum?
500
Department of Health
Department of Revenue
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Education
Department of Transportation