Congress, vocab, and bears oh my!
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Vocab U
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100
This type of person are who PAC's prefer to give money to.
What is an incumbent?
100
Lobbyists are often called the third house of this branch of government.
What is the third house of Congress?
100
This term describes a government where one party controls the presidency while a different party controls Congress.
What is divided government?
100
This theory says that the upper class has the greatest influence of government and policy.
What is Elite Theory?
200
This act limits the political activities of civil service employees.
What is the Hatch Act?
200
This is a word that describes what lobbyists action within the court system.
What is litigation?
200
This type of media coverage focuses on who is ahead in the polls rather than the issues.
What is Horse-Race coverage?
200
This staged event gives a favorable perception of candidates or office holders with visual media coverage.
What is a photo opportunity?
300
This act banned soft money contributions.
What is the McCain-Feingold bill?
300
Lobbyists, a congressional committee, and a federal bureaucratic agency make up this system.
What is an iron-triangle?
300
This type of perception is when a person only pays attention to media coverage they agree with.
What is selective perception?
300
This is a short pithy comment likely to attract media attention.
What is a sound-bite?
400
This act created the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
What is the Budget Inpoundment and Control Act (BIRCA)?
400
Lobbyists may write this type of brief and submit it to the Supreme Court and often called "the friend of the court".
What is an amnicus curiae brief?
400
Madison wrote in the Federalist papers about factions, better known to most as by this name.
What are interest groups?
400
This Supreme Court decision struck down many parts of FECA.
What is Citizens United vs FEC?
500
These nicknames "Watchdog" "Gatekeeper" and "Scorekeeper" describe these people.
What is the media?
500
These are names of the 4 types of lobbyist groups.
What are Traditional, Nontraditional protest, Single issue, Public Interest, Ideological?
500
This problem is faced by interest groups when citizens can reap the benefits of the interest groups actions without actually joining.
What is the free-rider problem?
500
This argues that contends that parties are less important to voters.
What is de-alignment or party weakness?
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