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What is departments?
The biggest units of the executive branch
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What is Marbury vs. Madison?
Case that established judicial review
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What is reapportionment?
Redistribution of representatives among states based on the census
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What is inherent powers?
authority claimed by the president that is not clearly specified by the Constitution
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Who is the president?
Can appoint 7,000 people to jobs in his administration
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What is the Supreme Court?
The highest court in the nation
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What is the two chambers of Congress?
the House of Representatives and the Senate
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What is components of presidential leadership?
Presidential character and the president's power to persuade
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What is the Pendleton Act?
An act used to reduce the use of patronage
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What is the organization of the court's system?
US district courts, then the US court of appeals, then the Supreme Court
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What is incumbents?
PACs show a strong preference for......
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What is divided government?
The situation in which one party controls the White House and the other controls at least one house of Congress
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What is Government Performance and Results Act?
A law requiring each government agency to implement quantifiable standards to measure its performance
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Who is the solicitor general?
Represents the national government before the Supreme Court
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What is a pocket veto?
A means of killing a bill by not signing it before Congress adjourns
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What is the cabinet?
A group of presidential advisers, the heads of executive departments, and other key officials
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What is total quality management?
The idea of treating citizens as customers.
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Who is the president?
The person that appoints Supreme Court justice
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What is constituents?
The people who live and vote in a government official's district or state
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What is delegation of powers?
The process by which Congress gives the executive branch the additional authority needed to address new problems
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