2016 Final Flashcards
- amicus curae
strategy of influence, filing an amicus curae brief i.e.: teacher fighting teachers association
- want to do this to get attention for your group
going public (Michael Brown)
2.American Federation of Labor, Congress Industrial Organization
Labor Union Group
What kind of group is the Christin Coalition?
Idealogical
What are the Solid Solitary benefits of interest groups?
working in contacts, access to people, friendship
- Being in interest groups
A material benefit
- new politics =
public interests
- whats an issue network
agree on the same issues
- oversight
efforts of congress supervising executive branch; investigation
- what’s true about Impeachment?
its a partisan excercise
- Inherent powers of the President
rights, duties, and obligations of the president
- How’s the president law vetoed?
2/3 vote of both houses
- North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950s
President truman sent american troops to Korea without asking for a declaration of war. UN mandated
- Why is the state of the union important for the President?
sets legislative agendas with proposals for Nation
- go to committee relating to their category
president appoints cabinet secretaries
- Presidential spouses
carry out the duty of the head of state
- whats it called when a president can direct administrative agencies to review or specific rules
regulatory review
- whats a signing statement
announcement of the president on the interpretation of congressional enactment gives a pen..
- civil service act of 1883 was concerned with fair hiring practice of BUSINESS
BUSINESS; hire by merit
- first regulatory agency was ___ created when?
interstate congress commission; 1887
- what was the first regulatory agency est. by congress?
independent regulatory commission
- economy part of what?
fiscal policy
- what was the bureaucratic flaw the national commission terrorist attacks came up with?
security agencies not communicating with each other; NSA
- what occurs when the federal government passes authority to state local gov?
devolution
- congressional oversight
investigate; hold fed agencies accountable for following law; bureaucratic agencies
- what is not congressional oversight?
members of congress can’t work part time for a non gout agency
- Whats the ultimate appellate court?
supreme court
- how do you describe due process?
all people have equal opportunity to treated arbitrarilly by gov officials
- how many court cases are federal cases?
1% of all cases
- What’s true about federal court?
can impact society by Judicial interpretation of the Constitution (judicial review)
- how does a federal judge become a judge? (senatorial courtesy)
senators of the president’s party approving a judicial nominee from their home state
- person, party, or interest group
amicus curae brief
- Officially expressed proposal goal by a sanction
public policy
- what was the centerpiece of Bush’s economic policy?
tax cuts
- What do public opinion polls think of welfare?
unfair and undeserving
- medicare and mediciad?
Medicaid: non contributory (for poor)
medicare: contributory
- COLA
constant living adjustment, rate of inflation
- what was the old program of non contributory
aide to families for independent families
- change to welfare in 1996 led to?
increased use of non cash assistance
- When was the U.S. public health service founded?
1798
- answer:
FORECLOSURES
- Best example of shadow welfare state?
workplace medical insurance
- what is the shadow welfare state?
medicare, social benefits distributed by private companies, subsidized by gov.
- benefits of the working poor
earned income tax credits
- women are more likely to be poor than men
more true for single mothers: “feminization of poverty” (answer with two letter choices!!)
- what country is the NAFTA between and why is it significant?
United States, Canada, and Mexico
- nuclear war, preventative war, appeasement
midway between preventive war and appeasement
- U.S. role in world affairs prior to 20th century
very limited
how much does the US spend on military?
1/3 of entire world’s military expenditure
- security council: how many?
5 permanent(won WW II) other members rotate (10) … 15?
- amicus curae
interest group
- grassroots lobbying campaign
back to district to members of family writing
- interest groups can mobilize public opinion by holding rallies or putting out ad’s
Personal note
- People and supporters can give an unlimited amount of $ through
PAC’s Political Action Committee
- Term for: you can have a state senator person, member of the house. someone comes to your office available to them
patronage
- congress is a __ legislature with how many people?
bicameral, 535
- What kind of representation identifies occupational, religious, economic, and racial background
sociological
- Which is not offered by legal constituents?
Legal Advice
- …
incumbency
- Congressional organization is influenced by all of the following except:
presidential directive
20.
the majority in the house elects the speaker
- House means Senate tenants
senate finance deal with money, social security
- pre legislation- Bill
when something becomes a law
- Who controls the floor debate?
the Rules Committee
- Cloture
how many senators you need to end a filibuster (3/5)
- Filibuster (60 votes)
allows members to speak continuously
- Conference comittee
temp committee from both houses to compromise on legislation
- Party unity vote
over 50% of the pop votes for the same party
