FINAL Flashcards
What is Institutional Advertising?
the advertising of an organization, company, or type of product so that people have a positive opinion of it, rather than the advertising of a particular product or service
What do Lobbyists do?
help the legislature and create indirect pressure for candidates (schmoozers)
What do Lobbyists NOT do?
they do not nominate candidates to run for office
Is lobbying legal?
Yes, because it’s protected under the U.S. Constitution
What is an Iron Triangle and what is an example?
comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups
legislative committee, interest group, and an executive agency
What group was founded in 1909 that spread awareness for the civil rights of colored people?
the NAACP
What do Anglican Christians have great effect on?
American politics
How many PACs were there in the U.S. in 2012?
over 5,000
what does agency representation mean in terms of legislation?
the people choose a representative to carry out their wishes in Congress
What is an incumbent?
someone who holds the political office
What is reapportionment?
the process of dividing the number of State representatives and senators among the State’s population in order to assure, as close as possible, districts of equal size
Why is there such a small amount of women in Congress?
incumbent allows the people in Congress to continuously be re-elected
What is Constituency service?
the general term for what parliamentarians do to serve and represent the interests of their constituents
Who is the top leader in the house in the majority party?
the speaker
Is Congressional oversight a tool of partisan politics?
YAASSS
which article of the seven articles of the constitution covers the executive branch?
Article 2
what kind of powers derive for the rights duties and obligations of the presidency?
inherent powers
What did the framers of the Constitution want?
framers wanted the executive branch to be the weakest one but it is now the strongest because the world has become complex
What did the War Power Act do?
the congress can limit the war or stop a military action
What is NOT a typical American Interest Group?
Potential Interest Groups
What did the house of ways and means have and do?
entitlement, taxes, trade, and control of money
What are four joint committees in Congress?
Ex. Agriculture, Armed Services, TAXATION, Intelligence
Has party unity gone up or down in recent years?
UP
What is the difference between log rolling and pork barreling?
logrolling is exchanging of favors such as trading votes to gain passage of actions of interest to each legislative member
pork rolling example: a political candidate would climb on an inverted pork barrel on the street corner by the local general store to address the crowd.
Do federal accords have an affect on the legislative agenda?
NAHHH
Is the impeachment process based on partisanship?
YAASS
What does Eisenhower sending troops to Little Rock Arkansas in 1957 to integrate black students in school show?
President using emergency powers to protect states
What was granted to draft evaders?
Amnesty because of Jimmy Carter
What does OMB stand for and what are they in control of?
Office in the Management of Budget
3 trillion dollar budget
What does the President’s popularity do as time goes on?
the general tendency of the President’s popularity starts high then goes lo
What would you call when bureaucrats take laws and turn it into action?
Implementation
What is a government corporation?
Amtrak and the U.S. Postal Service
Does federal bureaucracy make the laws?
NAHHH they carry out laws
What is the difference between business practices and public civil service administration? (Civil Service Acts of 1883)
not the Catholic Church
What do public agencies do and are they good for the public?
provide public welfare and most of them are good
What is the Department of Agriculture?
cabinet-level agency that overlooks the American farming agency and administers programs to help American farmers and ensure food safety for consumers
What do formal organizations have to deal with?
formal organizations you have to deal with different personalities and cultures, bureaucratic cultures, different ways of doing things
Who wanted a transparent government and did it work?
Obama and no Edward Snowden got his way
When does devolution occur?
occurs when the federal government passes authority to the local and state governments
Who’s the first president who tried to reinvent government?
Jimmy Carter
What are the drawbacks of devolution?
things are different in different states, some are much more conservative
What is Congressional oversight?
means that you should investigate every party and not just the democrats
what is the name of the party who brings the case? what is the name of the party that defends the case?
plaintiff and defendant
which type of law is when the government is always the plaintiff,
criminal law
what occurs when you have a criminal case and the district attorney is the plaintiff and the attorneys settle it before the court?
a plea
Ultimate federal court is the Supreme Court, who has more cases? state or federal courts?
state courts
What is due process of law (Miranda Rights)?
fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen’s entitlement.
Who sets the size of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Congress
How many of the nine justices that sit on the Supreme Court were reported by Republican presidents?
five
Third Ranking Official?
Attorney General
what is a goal backed be a sanction sponsored by the government?
public policy
what do public opinion polls say what Americans think abut welfare?
think we spend too much money on it and that it’s unnecessary
Is welfare given for free?
no; social security is contributed by the baby boomers and it’s not welfare you need to pay into it
What do welfare programs show about America?
that Americans are lazy and don’t want to work
What was TANF called before?
ADFC; Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
What did Americans fear about Russia?
fear the Soviets we’re going to win the Cold War
What does mortgage crisis deal with?
predatory loans
Is work place medical insurance an example of the shadow welfare state?
YAASS
What is the shadow welfare state?
examines the lack of universal, single-payer health care coverage in the United States and the role organized labor has played in the formation of the current state of health insurance policy
What does Federal Cash Assistance care for?
children
Who does better in society powerful groups with political power or poor people?
people with political power
Who do NADTA Republicans agree with?
Clinton
Why did the U.S. not have to worry what was going on the rest of the world in the 19th century?
geographical isolation
Which President established prevention?
George W Bush
Are all nation states members of the United Nations?
NAHHH
What does the Director of National Intelligence do?
serve as principal advisor to the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council about intelligence matters related to national security
What does disputed arbitration contain?
Third Neutral Party
Who spends the most on military in the world?
America; every dollar spent on military in the world and the U.S. spends one third of that amount
How much money did the allies spend in Gulf War I?
$11.1 billion (way more than America spent)
What does Article 2 allow the Presidency to do?
the power to declare war
