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negotiation

a process of settling differences through a discussion of issues

consensus building

process of achieving a general agreement with a group

persuasion

process of convincing others into accepting a point of view by means of reasoning and argumentation

comprimise

process of making concessions (giving something up) to settle differences

concurrent powers

powers both the federal and state government have

rule of law

no matter who you are you have to follow the law

judicial review

determining if something is constitutional or not

process of picking judges/justices

president picks, the people don’t pick

conservatives

repiblics

liberals

democrats

domestic policy

working together through the states

foreign policy

working together between other countrys

bicameral

two chambers of congress, house and Senate. There is a lower and higher level.

gridlock

disagreement in party’s, no progress is made when opposing parties fail to reach an agreement, leading to a standstill in legislative action.