Non-pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention...mostly Governors and Congressmen
Superdelegates
100
Attempted to ban issue ads paid for with corporate funds in the 60 to 90 days before elections. Was declared
unconsititutional in Citizens United vs. FEC.
McCain-Feingold / Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002
100
The name of the law that ended the spoils system and replaced it with the merit system
Pendleton Act
100
Chief Justice responsible for increasing the scope of Judicial power and of National power over the states.
John Marshall
100
Important in House because it sets the limits on debate and amendments for most bills...not in the Senate
Rules Committee
200
This party does not have a winner-take all system for its primaries
What is the Democratic Party
200
These types of expenditures are allowed under campaign finance reform laws.
Independent expenditures
200
The name of the law that prohibits bureaucrats from participating in many party activities
Hatch Act
200
Chief Justice whose court was responsible for the liberal
policies of judicial activism in 50's through the 70's.
Earl Warren
200
Authorizes all spending
Appropriations Committee
300
Established as the anti-slavery party
Republican
300
Money that is not limited by campaign laws.
Soft Money
300
Agency, such as the Tennessee Valley Authority that is run like a business.
Government Corporation
300
This government program takes up the majority of the federal budget.
What is Social Security
300
Determines which taxes will be used for which programs
Ways and Means
400
A party that breaks off from another political party.
What is a splinter party
400
Major sources of soft money
527's and Superpacs
400
The major source of bureaucratic authority
discretion
400
Case that incorporated the exclusionary rule
Mapp v. Ohio
400
Important committee in the senate because of the Senate's "advise and consent" function.
The Judiciary Committee
500
The party that originated in the early 1900s that lead to the regulation of the meat industry and government reform.
What is the progressive party?
500
Major loophole of 1974 campaign finance reform laws was the proliferation of:
PACS
500
Agencies that make many of their own administrative laws and regulations are said to be this.
Quasi-legislative or Quasi-judicial
500
Incorporated Free speech
Gitlow vs. New York
500
Reconciles differences between House and Senate versions of a bill