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House of Representative Speaker

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Paul Ryan (Wisconsin)

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House of Representative Majority Leader

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Kevin McCarthy (California)

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House Of Representative Minority Leader

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Nancy Pelosi (California)

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House Of Representative Whips Majority

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Steve Scalise (Louisiana)

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House Of Representative Whips Minority

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Stemy Hoyer (Maryland)

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President Of Senate

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Joe Biden (Delaware)

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President Pro Tempore

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Orin Hatch (Utah)

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Senate Majority

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Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)

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Senate Minority

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Harry Reid (Nevada)

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Senate Majority Whips

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John Cornyn (Texas)

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Senate Minority Whips

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Dick Durban (Illinois)

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SES stands for ?

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Socioeconomic Status

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The Father of GOP (Republicans)

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Abraham Lincoln

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The US Supreme Court Case which opened the door for the creation of Super PACs was

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Citizens-United V. FEC

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C.Wright Mills agrees in his book that a small number of people/groups actually make the majority of important decisions in society. He calls these groups and the title of his book,

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The power elites

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Karl Marx argued that human history in the world is evolving through stages characterized by different means of production and different allocations to control the means of production. The clashes between the thesis and antithesis resulting in a new synthesis which then becomes the new status quo thesis is a process he termed

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Dialectical Materialism

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There are two main ways in which organized interest groups try to influence or utilize the judiciary in American politics. One technique is amicus curiae briefs. The other main method is

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Litigation

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A group of people organized on the basis of common political objectives which seeks to gain control of the government through elective offices- running their own canidates and staffing the government is the definition of a(n)

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Political Party

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An individual's belief that an issue is important or relevant to him/her is the definition of

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Salence

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The U.S constitutional Amendment which contains both the equal protection clause and the due process clause is the

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14th Amendment

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Marx viewed the world as having two main classes in society based upon the control of capital. He called the working class the

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Proletariat

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Marx viewed the world as having two main classes in society based upon the control of capital. He called the owning class the

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Bourgeoise

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A primary in which you do not have to be a registered member of a political party to vote is termed a

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Open Primary

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Upton Sinclair, an American Socialist, wrote a scathing novel about the oppressive working conditions in the meat packing industry in Chicago, Illinois. Sinclair's work, which was a political call to arms for Americans to embrace socialism is entitled

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The Jungle

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The acronym AFL-CIO stands for

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American Federations of Labor- Congress Industrial Organization

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The 3rd largest political party in the U.S. after the Democrats and the Republicans is

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Liberatarians

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Powers specifically granted to one of the branches of the national government and written into the U.S. constitution are called

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Delegated Powers

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A governmental system or type which is run by the people or the many is termed a(n)

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Democracy

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Amendment #________ discusses criminal court procedures

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A system of government in which the subordinate governments create a central government which is given certain, specific political powers. Under this system, the political powers of the central government are said to be "on loan" from the subordinate governments and can be revoked at any time. Central governments in this system are very weak politically.

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Confederate

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A series of position papers in which were written by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay to support the ratification of the new Constitution. Perhaps the first political advertising campaign in the U.S.

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Federalist Papers

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Amendment that gave women the right to vote

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19th

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Article 5 of the U.S. constitution contains the_______ which established the hierarchy of American law

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Supremacy Clause

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Prior to our present constitution, the_________ were the first constitution of the U.S.

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Articles of Confederation

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The branch of government discussed in the Article 2 in the U.S. Constitution is the

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Executive

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Created the direct elections of US senators

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17th

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The process by which it is determined who gets what, when, and how is the definition given in class for

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Politics

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The court case that established the concepts of implied powers and national suppremacy

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Muculloch V. Maryland

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Powers in which the national government shares power with the states are termed

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Concurrent Powers

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The U.S. Supreme Court case which firmly established the legal concept judicial review was

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Marbury V. Madison

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A court order directing an official to perform a duty of office is called a(n)

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Writ of Mandamus

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Term of office for the U.S. House of Representatives is

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2 years

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The presiding office in the House of Representatives is the

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Speaker

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An overrepresented occupation in Congress when compared to the US population

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Lawyers

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The congressional legislative system favors those who

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Oppose bills

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In congress, the main struggle over legislation occurs when a bill is

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In the committee system

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In legislative language, the "third reading" refers to when a bill is

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voted on in its final form of the floor

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A seat in congress which is predictably won by one party or the other is called a

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Safe Seat

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The U.S. citizenship requirement for the senate is

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9 years

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The U.S. constitution confers upon the vice president the job of

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presiding over the U.S. senate

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You would consult the Congressional Record to read about your senators and representatives

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official public statements in Congress

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The 25th amendment gives the vice president a/an

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opportunity to become "acting president"

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The duties and responsibilities of the Presidency are found in

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Article 2 of the US Constitution

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U.S. Secretary of State

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John Kerry

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U.S. Secretary of Defense

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Ashton Carter

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U.S. Secretary of Treasurey

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Jack Lew

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U.S. Attorney General of Justice

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Lorretta Lynch

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The person with the most influence and power within the U.S. Senate is the

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Majority Leader

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The pocket veto can kill a bill when the president

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simply fails to sign a bill and Congress adjourns within ten weekdays

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Compared to the percentage of other ethnic, racial, and gender groups, the group most seriously under-represented in Congress in relation to their proportion of the US population are

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Women

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The U.S. Constitution stipulates that all revenue bills must originate in

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The House of Representatives

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The practice requiring presidents appointing federal officials to post within states to secure the approval of U.S. senators from those states is known as

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Senatorial Courtesy

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Cases that come before the U.S. Supreme Court on a writ of certiorari

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are accepted under the the rule of 4

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The right to unlimited debate by a member of Congress on a bill to stall or kill legislation

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Is called a Filibuster

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The current Senate President Pro Tempore

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Orin Hatch

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A provision attached to a bill a nongermane amendment is known as a(n)

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Rider

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The proposed U.S. budget is written by the President with the advice and help of the

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Office of Management and Budget

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Term of office for a federal judge is

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A life appointment

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A formal legal written report asking the Supreme Court to hear my case

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Writ of Certiorari

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A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights

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Civil Law

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A law that defines crimes against the public order

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Criminal Law

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Freshmen of the House of Representatives

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Delegates

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Long serving senators

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Trustees

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Term for the Senate

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6 years

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Minimum age for a Senate

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30 years old

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Minimum age for a House of Representative

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25 years old

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How long of a citizen does the House of Representatives have to be

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7 year citizen of U.S.

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The power of the national government to act like the central government in a unitary system

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Inherent Powers

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Powers shared between National government and states

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Concurrent Powers

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Powers that are written down in the Constitution

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Express Powers

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What does the acronym NSC stand for

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National Security Counsil

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A type of Congressional committee made up of both Representatives and Senators who meet to iron out the differences between bills which have been passed in differing language in both chambers of Congress is called a/an

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Conference Action

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The U.S. Supreme court case in which the court held that the U.S. president has exclusive power in the area of international relations and foreign affairs was

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U.S. V. Curtiss-Wright

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In the U.S. House of Representatives, after a bill is passed a full committee but before the bill can be brought to the entire floor debate, the bill must pass through the

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......

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The authority of the executive to veto parts of a legislative bill without having to veto the entire bill is called a/an

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Line Veto

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Legal briefs filed by individuals or organizations with the permission of the court which provide arguments in addition to those presented by the immediate parties in the case are called

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Amicus Curiae Brief

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In the American legal system, the rule of precedent whereby a rule of law contained in a judicial decision is commonly viewed as binding on judges whenever the same question is presented is known as

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Stare Decisis

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The legal measure (burden of proof) by which civil cases are decided is

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Propondence of Evidence

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A formal device regularly used to bring a case up to the U.S. Supreme Court. These legal documents are used by the Court to review decisions of lower courts, both federal and state, that are within the appellate jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court and are called

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Writ of Ceotirari

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The drawing of legislative district boundaries in such a way as to include or exclude certain groups to the advantage of other groups is termed

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Gerrymandering

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The US government's fiscal year runs from

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October 1st to September 30th

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What does the acronym EOP stand for

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Executive Office of the President

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In incremental budgeting, the best predictor of what any fiscal year's budget will be is

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the previous year