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This is when the president negates a law passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
This was the first news broadcast channel dedicated to broadcasting a partisan point-of-view.
What is Fox News?
Gun rights interest groups predominantly donated their money to campaigns for candidates in this political party.
What is the Republican Party?
Civil liberties and civil rights interest groups primarily donated their money to campaigns for candidates in this political party.
What is the Democrat Party?
Pro-life interest groups primarily donated their money to campaigns for candidates in this political party.
What is the Republican Party?
Environmental protection interest groups primarily donated their money to campaigns for candidates belonging to this political party.
What is the Democrat Party?
These are organizations that actively seek to influence public policy toward their views.
What are interest groups?
They decide by majority vote if the president should be put on trial.
What is the House of Representatives?
They conduct the trial and vote on the possibility of the removal of the President of the U.S.
What is the Senate?
These omit information that contradicts what partisan individuals want to believe.
What are echo chambers?
This was applied by the FCC to require broadcasters to present issues in a balanced manner.
What is the Fairness Doctrine?
When Congress places the president on trial with the possibility of removal from office.
What is impeachment?
These are attempts to influence government policymakers – meetings, donations, etc.
What is lobbying?
These are primarily organized to lobby for policies to make profits, jobs, worker rights, etc.
What are economic groups?
These seek to promote policies that benefit workers – example: minimum wage.
What are labor unions?
This interest group is in favor of lessening gun control laws (full name).
What is the National Rifle Association?
This branch of government can do a "check" on executive orders.
What is the judicial branch?
This is when social media applies algorithms to selectively filter content for each user’s preferences.
What are filter bubbles?
These are organized interests formed by people drawn together to promote a social cause.
What are citizens' groups?
According to the Constitution, this branch of government can declare war on foreign powers.
What is the legislative branch?
These are presidential directives which have the force of a law on federal agencies.
What are executive orders?
This was the first president to use the media to communicate with the people, during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This function of the media means it has the responsibility to report on breaking news as soon as possible.
What is the signaling function?
This function of the media means it is a channel of communication between major politicians and the public.
What is the common-carrier function?
These are causes such as environmental protection, prayer in schools, feeding the poor, etc.
What is a purposive incentive?
This interest group lobbies for liberal causes such as civil rights or lgbtq rights (full name).
What is the American Civil Liberties Union?
These are the three presidents that have been impeached.
Who are Donald Trump, Andrew Johnson, and Bill Clinton?
The original powers of the executive branch under the Constitution were argued by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay when they wrote these works of literature.
What were the Federalist Papers?
Business firms and trade associations make up this percentage of lobbying groups in Washington, D.C.
What is 65%?
The Fairness Doctrine was repealed on this year.
What is 1987?