a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
Tariff
holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.
Conservative
(of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.
Bicameral
review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
Judicial Review
where the government is empowered by law from a starting point of having no power, or where governmental power is restricted by law, usually in a written constitution. It is a key concept in the history of liberalism.
Limited Government
are economic aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue.
Federal grant
open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.
Liberal
of a legislative body) having a single legislative chamber.
Unicameral
call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice).
Impeach
a modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity.
Amendment
the purchase of goods or shares by one person or party before the opportunity is offered to others.
Preemption
a body of electors established by the United States Constitution, which forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the United States.
Electoral College
a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.
Lobbyist
hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed.
Extradite
the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
Jurisdiction
the fact of having a right to something.
Entitlement
any party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals (or, in the context of an impending election, is considered highly unlikely to do so).
Third-Party Candidate
Legislative Assistant
withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
Boycott
reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.).
Probable Cause
the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district.
Pork-Barrel legislation
a vote cast by someone who is unable or unwilling to attend the official polling station to which the voter is normally allocated.
Absentee ballot
refers to any lawmaking body of government that consists of two separate houses or chambers, such as the House of Representatives and the Senate that make up the United States Congress.
Bicameral Legislation
deprive (someone) of the right to vote.
Disenfranchise
being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect.
Constituent