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Description: American politics includes the formal institutions of our government, such as Congress, the Supreme Court, and the various departments that compose the executive branch, and also the process by which various bodies of citizens (often called interest groups) compete for influence or control over these institutions. This competition gives rise to many terms that routinely appear in the mass media, usually without definitions. Examples include lobby, pork-barrel legislation, and machine politics. ...
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Author: fsweprep
Created: 2006-03-07