What is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. Rather than being responsible for a specific area of policy, as most other committees are, it is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor.
100
Foreign policy
What is a government's strategy in dealing with other nations.
100
Cabinet
What is a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government.
100
Budget
What is an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.
What is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives
200
World Trade Organization
What is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations
200
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
What is an agency within the Executive Office of the President that advises the President of the United States on economic policy
200
Budget resolution
What is the form of a concurrent resolution passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate but is not presented to the President and does not have the force of law. It sets out the congressional budget.
200
Suffrage
What is the right to vote in political elections.
300
Filibuster
What is an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures
300
European Union (EU)
What is a group of European countries that participates in the world economy as one economic unit and operates under one official currency, the euro.
300
Office of Management and Budget
What is he largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP) who's main function is to produce the President's Budget.
300
Congressional Budget & Impoundment Ctrl Act of 1974
What is created standing budget committees in both the House and the Senate, established the Congressional Budget Office, and moved the beginning of the fiscal year from July 1 to October 1.
300
Retrospective voting
What is using the past few years to decide how to vote
400
Whip
What is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure discipline in a legislature.
400
Isolationism
What is a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
400
Presidential coattails
What is the tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election.
400
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
What is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government that provides budget and economic information to Congress.
400
Mandate theory of elections
What is The idea that the winning candidate has a mandate from the people to carry out their campaign promises.
500
Standing committees
What is permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules
500
Tariff
What is a tax imposed on imported goods and services.
500
Watergate
What is a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.
500
Deficit
What is an excess of expenditure or liabilities over income or assets in a given period.
500
Policy voting
What is electoral choices that are made on basis of the voters' policy preferences