95. A(n) ____________________ of the majority party chooses the Speaker of the House. 96. A(n) ____________________ is required for a legislative body to take official action. 97. ____________________ make sure that legislators are present for key votes. 98. The permanent committees of Congress are called ____________________ committees. 99. The United States has extended its boundaries through war, purchase, and ____________________. 100. ____________________ is often the cause of conflict between the poor and rich in society. 101. ____________________ has an unwritten constitution based on laws, court decisions, and customs. 102. ____________________ nations have advanced technology that provides a more comfortable life than developing nations do. 103. Japan’s government is a(n) ____________________. 104. ____________________ is the study of human efforts to satisfy unlimited wants with limited resources. 105. A(n) ____________________ economy combines free enterprise and government decisions in the marketplace. 106. Sweden operates under a form of ____________________. 107. In 1776 ____________________ proposed that a "plan for confederation" be prepared for the states. 108. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could raise money only by borrowing or requesting it from the ____________________. 109. Article I of the Constitution establishes the ____________________ branch of the federal government. 110. The federal ____________________ is made up of all executive branch employees. 111. In the case of Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice ____________________ established judical review as a power of the Supreme Court. 112. A(n) ____________________ called by Congress is a method for proposing amendments that has never been used. 113. Under the Constitution, only the ____________________ may impeach federal officials. 114. In the case of ____________________, the Supreme Court ruled that in a conflict between national and state governments, the national government is supreme. 115. A(n) ____________________ does not have the force of law and is not sent to the president to sign. 116. ____________________ is the procedure in which a committee ignores a bill and simply lets it die. 117. The House ____________________ Committee makes the rules and regulations that determine who will pay how much tax. 118. Congressional ____________________ influence lawmakers’ decisions by controlling information and setting the lawmakers’ agendas. 119. ____________________ may influence members of Congress by granting or withholding support of legislation. 120. Senators often pass ____________________ legislation to bring federal agencies to their home states. 121. Many lawmakers appoint staff members to act as specialists in ____________________. 122. The most recent example of a president with no previous political experience is _____________________. 123. The outspoken support of Vice President ____________________ helped win approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement. 124. Voters cast their ballot for president every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in ____________________. 125. The cabinet is made up of 14 ____________________, the vice president, and several other top officials. 126. The first female secretary of state was ____________________. 127. The ____________________ staffs embassies, analyzes data about American interests in other countries, and speaks for the United States in the United Nations. 128. The branch of the Treasury Department called the ____________________ manufactures coins. 129. The best-known of the ____________________ is the U.S. Postal Service. 130. Today the Office of ____________________ handles recruitment, pay, retirement policy, and examinations for federal workers. 131. The Hatch Act limits federal employees’ involvement in ____________________ in order to keep the civil service politically neutral. 132. Government workers who retire after 30 years of service on the job receive benefits, including ____________________ for the rest of their lives. 133. ____________________ are the people who work with an executive agency and are most affected by its decisions. 134. Federal courts influence the bureaucracy when they issue ______