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100
Tax paid to the state, federal, and local governments based on income earned over the past year.
What is Income Tax
100
Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
What is a Veto
100
The leader of the majority party and presiding officer of the House of Representatives. Second in line for the Presidency after the VP.
What is the Speaker of the House
100
the idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country the idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country
What is Civic Duty
100
A theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule, regardless of the formal niceties of governmental organization.
What is the Elite and Class Theory
200
A tax for which the percentage of income paid in taxes increases as income increases
What is Progressive Tax
200
Three economic experts to help president understand and develop economic policy; must be confirmed by senate
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
200
The legislative leader selected by the majority party who helps plan party strategy, confers with other party leaders, and tries to keep members of the party in line.
What is the Majority Leader
200
The right to vote
What is Suffrage
200
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, each one pressing for its own preferred policies.
What is the Pluralist Theory
300
Revenue losses that result from special exemptions, exclusions, or deductions on federal tax law.
What are Tax Expenditures
300
A veto taking place when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it.
What is a Pocket Veto
300
The principal leader of the minority party in the House of Representatives or in the Senate.
What is the Minority Leader
300
a requirement that citizens register to vote before the election is held.
What is Voter Registration
300
A popular theory in political science to explain the actions of voters as well as politicians. It assumes that individuals act in their own best interest, carefully weighing the costs and benefits of possible alternatives.
What is the Rational-Choice Theory
400
A tax in which the average tax rate is the same at all income levels.
What is Proportional Tax
400
Advisory council for the president consisting of the heads of the executive departments, the vice president, and a few other officials selected by the president.
What is the Cabinet
400
a senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking
What is a whip
400
It requires states to permit people to register to vote at the same time they apply for their driver's license.
What is the Motor Voter Act
400
The theory that government policy is weakened and often contradictory because there are so many competing interest groups.
What is the Hyperpluralist Theory
500
A tax for which the percentage of income paid in taxes decreases as income increases
What is Regressive Tax
500
An office created in 1947 to coordinate the president's foreign and military policy advisers. Its formal members are the president, vice president, secretary of state, and secretary of defense, and it is managed by the president's national security assistant.
National Security Council (NSC)
500
The leaders of congressional committees, usually members of the majority party with the most seniority on that committee.
What are Committee Chairs
500
voting based on the past performance of a candidate
What is Retrospective Voting
500
The idea that the winning candidate has a mandate from the people to carry out his or her platforms and politics.
What is the Mandate theory of elections