The first era of US parties was appropriately named what?
What is the First Party System
100
This is the belief that influential power is in the hands of a few wealthy interest groups.
What is elitism?
100
Uncontrollable expenditures are ones that are determined by how many eligible people there are for a programs or by previous obligations of the government and that Congress therefore cannot easily control.
What is an example of uncontrollable expenditure?
100
Name for when a small number of corporations own (blank) of media sources.
What is a majority
100
The redrawing of district lines to give advantage to the party in power is a practice known as this.
What is gerrymandering
200
This coalition arose with FDR
What is the New Deal Coalition
200
his is the type of group arising from unequal distribution of property and wealth, causing instability in government, according to James Madison.
What are factions
200
The Senate committee that, along with the House Ways and Means Committee, writes tax codes, subject to the approval of Congress as a whole.
What is the Senate Finance Committee?
200
v\What is it called when politicians purposefully leak information to the press?
What is a trial balloon
200
When the House and the Senate pass a different version of a bill, it goes to one of these.
What is a conference committee
300
Andrew Jackson and the Dems faced off against this party in the early to mid 19th century
Who are the Whigs
300
This is illegal for lobbyists to do.
What is providing money to legislators to directly help pass or defeat particular legislation?
300
Medicare is a program added to the Social Security system in 1965 that provides health insurance for the elderly, covering hospitalization, doctor fees, and other health expenses.
What does the Medicare program do?
300
When a reporter is assigned somewhere specific to investigate, what is it called?
What is a beat
300
This structure for Congress fulfilled Madison's ideas of Checks and Balances
What is the bicameral legislature
400
The modern party era began in which year?
What is 1968
400
This is a type of litigation in which interest groups who are not parties in a case submit a statement to try to influence the decision.
What is amicus curiae brief?
400
All the money borrowed by the federal government over the years and still outstanding. Today, the national debt is about $18.7 trillion.
What is the definition of national debt?
400
Why does television focus on unusual and out of the ordinary events?
What is to get a larger audience and get more profit
400
Casework tends to give this group a leg up.
Who are incumbents
500
The pattern of divided gov't has caused may political scientists to say the party system is doing this
What is dealigning
500
This is the situation occurring when people of the potential group do not join the actual group because they will receive benefits regardless of membership.
What is the free-rider problem?
500
An income tax is a share of individual wages and corporate revenues collected by the government.
What is an income tax?
500
These people draw attention to specific issues.
What are policy entrepreneurs?
500
Which branch of Congress is smaller, less centralized, and has longer terms?