Social/Economic Policy: Public Policy:

Politics:

Fiscal Policy:

Monetary Policy:

Define and give examples of the following

Distributive Policy:

Redistributive Policy:

Reverse Distributive Policy:

Inflation:

Entitlements:

Social Insurance Programs:

Public Assistance Programs:

Social Security is funded by what kind of taxes?
Gross Domestic Product:

Keynesian Economics:

Laissez-Faire Economics:

Mandatory Spending:
Discretionary Spending:

Progressive tax: (Income tax) Regressive tax: (Sales tax)
Excise tax: type of sales tax; "sin taxes"; on tobacco and alcohol Tax Expenditure:
Collective Bargaining:

Antitrust legislation:

Deregulation:

Devolution

Four types of tax
revenue:

Congress:
Caucus
Log Ro-ling:
Pork-Barrel
Legislation Filibuster
Cloture
Safe Seat Incumbent Constituents Trustee
Delegate Casework Oversight
Congressional Agencies:
GAO
CRS CBO

17th Amendment:

Discharge Petition:

Scheduling of bills in the House and Senate, Presiding Officers, term of service for each

Federal Judiciary:

Precedent

Original Jurisdiction Appellate Jurisdiction Writ of Certiorari
Writ of Habeus Corpus Decision
Opinion
Concurring Dissenting
Amicus Curiae Brief

Solicitor General

Judicial Review: Right of Supreme Court to say Congress has passed a law that is unconstitutional.

Criminal Law

Civil Law

Burden of Proof for Civil and Criminal cases

Grand Jury

Petit Jury

Recidivism

Preemptive challenge

Plea Bargain