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negotiated rulemaking, 265
waiting periods and court
challenges, 264–265
Regulatory agencies, 253–256
agency capture, 255–256
deregulation and reregulation,
256
purpose and nature of, 254–255
Regulatory policy, 297
Rehnquist, William, 284–285
Rehnquist Court, 287–288
Reid, Harry, 214
Reinhart, Carmen, 253
Religion
aid to church-related schools,
69–70
endorsement of candidate by
religious organizations, 73
establishment clause, 69
forbidding teaching of
evolution, 72
freedom of, 69–73
free exercise clause, 73
importance of, to African
Americans, 192
nation’s founders and, 24
political attitudes and, 123
religious displays on public
property, 72–73
separation of church and state,
69–73
Remandment of court case, 281
Removal power, 227
Representation
defined, 198
instructed-delegate view of, 198
by members of Congress, 198
trustee-view of, 198
Representative assembly, 21
Representative democracy
compared to democratic
republic, 6
defined, 6
principles of, 6
Reprieve, 227
Republic, 5
Republicanism, rise of, 27–28
Republican Party
of Abraham Lincoln, 158
anti-Keynesian economics, 310
budget sequestration, 137
Congress controlled by, 161
conservatism and, 13approval rating of, 130
armed forces ordered by
into combat without
congressional approval,
337
to invade Grenada, 228
into Lebanon, 228
deregulation, 256
devolution, 58
economic prosperity under, 121
election of 1980, 128
on federalism, 49
foreign policy and, 340–341
gender gap, 125
government employment under,
249–250
judicial appointment and, 282,
284
line-item veto and, 232
plan to end governmental
inefficiency, 248
Soviet Union and, 340–341
unemployment rate and
reelection of, 234
Realignment
of 1896, 159
of 1932, 160
defined, 159
Recall, 4
Recession
defined, 308
monetary policy and, 314
monetary policy during, 314
unemployment and, 308
Reconciliation, 202
Redistributive policy, 297–298
Redistricting
after 2010 census, 208
defined, 205
gerrymandering, 206–208
minority-majority districts,
208–209
packing and cracking, 207
race-based, 208–209
Red states, 161
Referendum, 4
Reform Party, 166
Regents of the University of
California v. Bakke, 108
Regressive tax, 315
Regulation
campaign financing, 176–177
of lobbyists, 153–154race and ethnicity, 123–125
religious influence on, 123
Supreme Court and, 292
trend in most important
problem, 131
Public policy, media and
investigative function, 133
Public pressure, 153
Public problems
identifying by media, 132–133
trends in most important, 131
Puerto Ricans, 104
Puerto Rico, 338
Punishment, cruel and unusual,
68, 85
Purposive incentives for joining
interest groups, 145
Putin, Vladimir, 341Q
Qaddafi, Muammar, 3
Quantitative easing, 314
Questions, in opinion polls, 128
Quinlan, Karen Ann, 83R
Race
affirmative action programs
and, 107–109
redistricting based on,
208–209
voting behavior and, 123–125
Race riots, 160
Radio
bias in, 138–139
as entertainment source, 132
Fairness Doctrine, 120
First Amendment freedoms
and, 80–81
talk radio, 120
Randolph, A. Philip, 98
Randolph, Edmund, 31
Randomness, principle of, 126
Ranking committee member, 212
Ratification
Bill of Rights, 37–38
defined, 35
of United States Constitution,
35–38
Ratings game, 152
Reagan, Ronald, 225
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