Honeymoon period Federalism Senatorial courtesy Unfunded mandates

method of enacting a constitution or amendment into law economic policy in which the money supply is controlled through the Federal Reserve The Right to Privacy extends to letting women make decisions about their bodies without government surveillance. after listening to constituents, elected representatives vote based on their own opinions

Veto Hamdi v. Rumsfield (2004) Three-fifths compromise Grassroots lobbying

allows the government to take private property for public use, as long as just compensation is paid when the president takes no action on a bill within ten days of Congress adjourning, the bill does not become law unfair treatment of a person based on race or group membership an agreement by every senator to the terms of debate on a given piece of legislation

a committee made up of members of the House and Senate that is responsible for reconciling the differences when two versions of the same bill pass both houses of Congress tests the public reaction to policy or appointments by releasing information to the media and gauging public reaction the exchange of political favors for support of a bill; an agreement between two or more members of Congress to vote for each other's bills the total number of votes cast for the highest office on the ballot