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commission plan
Political systems; General
A form of city government under which a board of city commissioners is popularly elected (often on a nonpartisan ballot). The commissioners make policy as a city council, but they also run city ...
common law
Political systems; General
The cumulative body of law as expressed in judicial decisions and custom rather than by statute.
concurrent powers
Political systems; General
Powers of government exercised independently by both the federal and state governments, such as the power to tax.
conference committee
Political systems; General
A committee composed of senior members of the House and Senate that tries to reconcile disagreements between the two branches of Congress over differing versions of a bill.
conglomerates
Political systems; General
Multi-interest and often multinational corporations that, under one corporate roof, may manufacture a wide variety of products.
constitutional amendment
Political systems; General
A change to the Constitution proposed by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or a constitutional convention, and ratified by legislatures or ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the ...
containment
Political systems; General
The foreign policy of the United States during the Cold War, designed to contain the expansion of Soviet power.
