General

General

General nature or nature terms.

Contributors in General

General

A plan offered at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and favored by large states, which called for a two-house legislature, the lower house chosen by the people and the upper house chosen by the ...

War Powers Resolution

Political systems; General

A law passed by Congress in 1973 that sets a time limit on the use of combat forces abroad by a President.

Secret Service

Political systems; General

The government agency that guards the President, the Vice-President, the major presidential and vice-presidential candidates, and their spouses.

Senior Executive Service (SES)

Political systems; General

A corps of about 8000 high-level administrators and managers at the top of the government bureaucracy who have less job security but who are eligible for substantial cash bonuses for merit.

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

Political systems; General

Negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union that resulted in the signing of two arms agreements in 1972, and the SALT II agreement in 1979. As of 1980, SALT II had not been ratified ...