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In America, topics that include national security, immigration, and social security are on the list of issues laid out by political groups. These topics and others are also under discussion by policy makers including cabinet members trying to influence politics. Name this set of issues.

The national government’s pattern of spending, taxing, and providing resources are significant to relations between governments within the U.S. What, therefore, do project an formula grants share in common? 

In Marbury v. Madison (1803) the Supreme Court asserted its authority as interpreter of the Constitution, and its power to check the other branches of government. What is this unenumerated power called?

A minority group is one that has less access to wealth, power, and prestige. Which is such a group?

Consider the components of the American national government. Which body enacts the laws of the country as well as raises and distributes monies necessary to operate the government, known as “The Power of the Purse”?  

A conference committee of Congress – such as the one that produced the Congressional Budget Act (1974) – is comprised of members from both parties and both branches. These legislative groups are not:

Who is the president of the U.S. Senate?

The Madisonian system of government is one in which powers are divided between its branches. Which describes the relationships between the branches?

The president’s cabinet is not mentioned in the Constitution. Nonetheless, every president had one, that is, a group of advisers. Which is not true of the cabinet?

Which is not a function of state governments?