American Government and Politics Today, Brief Edition, 2014-2015

296 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT testyourself LO1 Explain the main sources of American law, including consti ...

297 Part of the public-policy debate in our nation involves domestic problems. Domestic policy can be defined as all laws, gover ...

298 PART FouR • PolicymAking Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act A law passed in 2010 that seeks, among other things, to ...

chAPTER ThiRTEEn • DomEsTic AnD Economic Policy 299 Medicare A federal health-insurance program that covers U.S. residents over ...

300 PART FouR • PolicymAking able to afford to offer their workers health insurance. In 2011, employer-provided health insurance ...

chAPTER ThiRTEEn • DomEsTic AnD Economic Policy 301 Individual Mandate In health-care reform, the requirement that all citizens ...

302 PART FouR • PolicymAking “Obamacare,” as it was nicknamed, was the law of the land. Neither the Senate’s bill nor the House’ ...

chAPTER ThiRTEEn • DomEsTic AnD Economic Policy 303 conservative state governments exercised their option to refuse expansion. A ...

304 PART FouR • PolicymAking those migrating from Mexico, constitute the majority of individuals entering the United States with ...

chAPTER ThiRTEEn • DomEsTic AnD Economic Policy 305 concentrated instead on border security and rounding up deportable persons. ...

306 PART FouR • PolicymAking Fracking Also called hydraulic fracturing, the injection of a high-pressure solution of water, sand ...

chAPTER ThiRTEEn • DomEsTic AnD Economic Policy 307 Unlike many Democrats, Obama also favored building new energy plants that wo ...

308 PART FouR • PolicymAking Recession An economic downturn, usually characterized by a fall in the GDP and rising unemployment. ...

chAPTER ThiRTEEn • DomEsTic AnD Economic Policy 309 Fiscal Policy The federal government’s use of taxation and spending policies ...

310 PART FouR • PolicymAking Treasuries U.S. Treasury securities— bills, notes, and bonds; debt issued by the federal government ...

chAPTER ThiRTEEn • DomEsTic AnD Economic Policy 311 held by foreigners was only 15 percent. Table 13–1 on the right shows the ne ...

312 PART FouR • PolicymAking Monetary Policy The use of changes in the amount of money in circulation to alter credit markets, e ...

chAPTER ThiRTEEn • DomEsTic AnD Economic Policy 313 Federal Open Market Committee The most important body within the Federal Res ...

314 PART FouR • PolicymAking monetary Policy during Recessions. A tight monetary policy is effective as a way of taming inflatio ...

chAPTER ThiRTEEn • DomEsTic AnD Economic Policy 315 Loophole A legal method by which individuals and businesses are allowed to r ...