394 Index
role in American economy,
298–299
uninsured and problem of,
299–300
universal coverage and, 300
Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act, 298
Hearst Television, 135
Henry, Patrick, 37
Hibbs, Douglas, 234
Hidden unemployment, 308
Highway construction, federal
grants and, 60
Hiroshima, 228
Hispanics
defined, 104
fertility rate of, 105
immigration issue and
Republican Party, 124–125,
305
vs. Latino, 104
percentage change in U.S.
ethnic distribution, 105
political participation by, 100
presidential election of 2012,
162
Republican Party and, 162
voting behavior, 124–125
Hitler, Adolf, 338
Ho Chi Minh, 339
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 75
Homeland Security, Department
of, 251
functions of, 255
subagencies of, 255
Honest Leadership and Open
Government Act, 154
Hong Kong, 330
Hoover, Herbert, 160
Hostile-environment harassment,
103 –10 4
House effect, 128
House of Representatives, of
the United States. See also
Congress
budget and, 215–219
committees of, 209–212
contacting representative,
220
debate in, 201–202
differences between Senate and,
201
gerrymandering, 206–208Grutter v. Bollinger, 109, 290
Guam, 338
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba,
detainees held at, 278–279
Gun control issue, 288, 289
ban on assault-type weapons, 70
Gun-Free School Zone Act, 61H
Habeas corpus, writ of, 84,
278–279
Hagel, Chuck, 210
Haiti, 322, 333
American troops sent to, 228
Hamas, 331
Hamilton, Alexander, 203
Constitutional Convention and,
30
elite theory and, 7
Federalist Papers and, 36
Harding, Warren G., 338
Harrison, Benjamin, 185
Harrison, William Henry, 242
Hatch, Orrin, 177, 282
Hatch Act, 176, 260–261
Hate speech, 67
Hayes, Rutherford B., 185
Head of state, 226–227
Health and Human Services,
Department of
functions of, 255
subagencies of, 255
Health care, 298–303
agenda building, 298–300
high costs and, 300
individual mandate, 301
international experience, 300
Medicare and Medicaid costs,
299
new taxes to fund, 301
opposition to implementation of
Obamacare, 302–303
per capita spending on,
298–299
policy adoption, 300–302
policy evaluation, 303
policy formation, 300
policy implementation, 302–303
reform of
individual mandate, 62
lawsuits against, 62, 289
mid-term elections of 2010,
161Government regulation. See also
Regulation
deregulation, 256
reregulation, 256
Governors, popular election of,
164
Graber, Doris A., 120
Grandfather clause, 95
Grant, Ulysses, 285
Grants
block, 60
categorical, 59–60
Great Britain
colonization of America and,
21–23
health care spending and, 298
nuclear weapons and, 327
representative democracy, 6
unitary system of government
in, 46
Great Compromise, 32
Great Depression
cooperative federalism, 57–58
generational effect and, 121
Keynes and budget deficit, 309
New Deal and, 160
unemployment during, 309
Great Recession
auto industry and bailout, 11
bank bailout, 11, 257–258
big government and, 11
budget deficit during, 314
deregulation and, 256
election of 2008 and, 161
housing crisis, 258
impact on state budgets, 60
monetary policy and interest
rate during, 314
spending and growth in federal
deficit, 250
stimulus package and, 11, 250
unemployment during, 309
Greece, dept crisis, 332–333
Green, Steven K., 24
Greenhouse gas emission, 307
Green Party, 166
Grenada, American invasion of,
228
Griswold v. Connecticut, 68, 81
Gross domestic product (GDP)
defined, 298
health care spending and, 298
public debt as percentage of, 3119781285436388_em_indx_383-410.indd 394 10/22/13 7:05 AM
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