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PUBLIC POLICY

BUTTER FOR

THAT ROLE?

PARTY OVER

HERE; PARTY

OVER THERE

TRIPLE DOG

DARE YOU

POTPOURRI

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LINKAGE INSTITUTIONS

Your cause is not on the radar, so

you may want to utilize one of these

structures that connect you with

government.

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

THE WAR POWERS ACT IS A

LIMITATION ON THIS PRESIDENTIAL

ROLE.

PRIMARIES

The part of the election cycle

that brings out the

ideologues

501c + 527 = 528c

Sum of the IRS codes for an

organization of people united

around a single issue or

campaign plus a non-profit

organization. Include the

algebra.

HORSE TRADING

In 2016, some were concerned that a

brokered Republican convention

result in two things-a democratic

victory in November and this type of

political deal-making in order to

get Rubio, Bush or Romney on the

ballot.

CHIEF LEGISLATOR

State of the Union address.

REALIGNMENT

Rather than claiming your newly-

discovered political independence,

it’s a period where you and your

coalition change parties.

FISCAL POLICY

I’M TELLING YOU, IF WE BORROW

MORE FROM THE Chinese and

tax the hell out of the rich in

order to purchase more

common core textbooks, it’ll

help the economy!

IRON TRIANGLE

Ask not what your country

can do for you, but what the

bureaucracy can do for your

special interest group,

provided we get the

appropriation.

CHIEF DIPLOMAT

Treaties

INDEPENDENT POLITICAL BROADCASTS

In Citizens United v. FEC, SCOTUS ruled that

restricting these by corporations and

unions was unconstitutional.

MAJORITARIAN POLITICS

LOG ROLLING

Charlie Wilson wasn’t worried

about his new committee chair

John Murtha voting for his

appropriation request, because

Charlie voted to support him on

the ethics committee.

LAME DUCK

Term describing the fact that

Presidents may lose a great

degree of their power due to

unpopularity or having a short

amount of time left in their term.

STV; CANDIDATE-CENTERED ELECTIONS;

DIRECT PRIMARIES; DEALIGNMENT

Three of the four major reasons why the

power of political parties has weakened

since 1900.

•MONETARY POLICY

Seen here, it is the result of

poor-decision making in this area

of public policy.

PUBLIC AGENDA

Collective term for the issues that

people believe require government

action.

CHIEF ECONOMIST

The OMB is MOST CLOSELY

connected to this role.

Limits on individual contributions OK/Limits on

spending not ok

One thing Buckley v Valeo said

was government could do that

was Kosher, and one thing it

said that was not.

REAPPORTIONMENT

The federal bureaucracy started

out with just three cabinet

departments-name them.

STATE, TREASURY, WAR

ADAMS/JEFFERSON

Officially, the first Federalist

President and first Democratic-

Republican President.