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Childrens Defense Fund Childrens Defense Fund
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a national organization that is committed to the social welfare of children. Founded in 1973, the nonprofit group uses its annual $9 million budget to lobby legislators and to speak out publicly on a broad array of issues on the law, the... Read more
Bundestag Bundestag
Bundestag , lower house of the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is a popularly elected body that elects the chancellor, passes all legislation (subject to executive veto on budget matters), and ratifies the most important treaties. It can remove the chancellor in a vote of no... Read more
Office of Management and Budget Office of Management and Budget
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB), established by executive order in 1971 when President Richard M. Nixon issued his Reorganization Plan 2. The Plan created the OMB as part of the reorganization of the Bureau of the Budget, the agency within the Executive... Read more
Appropriation Appropriation
APPROPRIATION The designation by the government or an individual of the use to which a fund of money is to be applied. The selection and setting apart of privately owned land by the government for public use, such as a military reservation or public building. The diversion of water flowing on... Read more
Althing Althing
Althing [Icel.,=general diet], parliament of Iceland. This assembly, the oldest in Europe, was convened at Thingvellir, SW Iceland, in 930. It was dissolved in 1800, was revived as an advisory body to the Danish monarchy in 1845, and in 1874, when Iceland was granted a constitution, became again a... Read more
pressure group pressure group
pressure group body, organized or unorganized, that actively seeks to promote its particular interests within a society by exerting pressure on public officials and agencies. Pressure groups direct their efforts toward influencing legislative and executive branches of government, political parties,... Read more
Mann-Elkins Act Mann-Elkins Act
TRANSPORTATION ACT The authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), established 1887 by act of Congress, was later fortified by the Hepburn Act of 1906 and the Mann-Elkins Act of 1910. In 1920 Congress again increased the power of the regulatory agency by passing the Transportation Act.... Read more
Bipartisanship Bipartisanship
B IPARTISANSHIP Randall Woods In the United States, foreign and domestic affairs are inextricably intertwined. Because they are responsible to the electorate, presidents and secretaries of state must take into account public opinion when they shape... Read more
Melvin Robert Laird Melvin Robert Laird
Melvin Robert Laird 1922-, American politician, U.S. secretary of defense (1969-73), b. Omaha, Nebr. After serving (1942-46) in the navy during World War II, he entered politics as a Republican and was (1946-52) a state senator in Wisconsin. As a member (1953-69) of the U.S. House of... Read more
Agency for International Development Agency for International Development
Agency for International Development (AID), federal agency created (Sept., 1961) to consolidate U.S. nonmilitary foreign aid programs. Originally an agency in the State Department, it has been a component part of the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency, along with the Overseas Private... Read more

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