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Difference between people causes?

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potential interest groups

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institutional advertising

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promote a company rather than a good or service

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lobbyist

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attempt to influence passage of legislation by indirect pressures like phone calls and emails

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What do lobbyists not do?

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lobbyist do NOT nominate candidates to run for office.

they represent their own interests

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is the art of lobbying, the ability of special interests, legal?

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Yes

protected under the U.S. Constitution, 1st amendment

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example of an iron triangle

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house appropriations committee

interest group, defense industry(boeing)

executive agency

legislative committee

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what organization did Thurgood Marshall form ?

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NAACP

national association for the advancement of colored people

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white evangelical Christians

religious rights have great effect on politics

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represent Republican Conservative

answer: grassroots

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how many political action communities (pacs) are there in the U.S. ?
spring 2012

pacs raise money for the parties they support

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j

? ( did he say 52 ) ?

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what does agency representation means in terms of legislatures?

who do the people hire to represent their interests

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elect legislatures by getting the most votes

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what’s an incumbent ?

what’s the percentage of incumbents that win re-elections ?

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someone who holds the political office

____95__ %

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what’s reapportionment ?

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some states will gain congressional districts and others will lose because it’s based on population

if one state loses a rep another must gain

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why are there a small amount of women in congress

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incumbent males continue to get re-elected (95%)

most incumbents have been men

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constituency service

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better serve follow your constituents

party leaders won’t ask members to be in conflict with their constituency

serve your constituency, if it does against your morals then you lwanna step down

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who’s the majority leader ?

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the majority leader in House of Representatives is
Republican
speaker of majority party

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House Ways of Means Committee

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taxes, trade, entitlement programs (social security, Medicare)

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4 joint committees in congress

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taxation

library

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has party unity gone up or down?

no compromises between republicans and democrats

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UP

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logrolling vs porkbarrelling

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logrolling : support a bill

pork: when you bring money home to the districts

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do the federal accords have an effect on the legislative AGENDA ?

which of the following is not an important influence on legislative agenda?

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no

the federal courts!

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is the impeachment process based on partisanship ?

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yes

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which statement is true?

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republican DID aggressively investigate president Clinton

answer:::::

congressional oversight is a tool for partisan politics

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what article of the constitution covers the executive branch, or president of US?

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2

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what kind of powers are rights, duties, and obligations of presidency?

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inherent powers

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What's the strongest branch today?
executive branch
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war act 1973
congress can step in and say you got 60days then war is over
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article 2 about presidency does is say president has power to declare war?
NO. congress has that power
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Dwight Eisenhower
sent federal troops to Little Rock High, Arkansas in 1957 president using emergency powers to enforce court orders and solve domestic disorder
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which president granted amnesty to 50000 young men who didn't want to fight
Jimmy Carter NOT GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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OMB | Office of the Management of Budget
oversee agency proposals / activities
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How does President's popularity go?
starts high, goes down.
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what would you call it when bureaucrats, functionaries of government, take laws and make them into action ?
``` adjudication x regulation x deregulation x implementation ✅ rule making x ```
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what's a government corporation?
AMTRAK, postal office charges for services, provided by government
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roles of bureaucracy
DOESNT pass laws, just carry them out.
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civil service act 1883
public civil service vs private -for public NOT CATHOLIC CHURCH
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what public agencies do well? (provide public welfare)
all of them
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who administers the school lunch program?
department of agriculture
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bureaucratic cultures
different cultures? different styles of doing things. levels of customer service
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who tripped Obama up in his transparent government
Edward Snowden
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occurs when the federal government passes authority to state and local governments
devolution. / Reaganism
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who was the first president concerned with magic managing and reorganizing the democracy
Jimmy Carter
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drawbacks of devolution
standards for programs may be different in different states or localities.
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who brings up the case to court and who is it brought to
plaintive and defendant
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what type of law is where government is 100% the plaintive.
lcriminal law
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oversight
public hearing to investigate. | congressional committees in senate and house that investigate : everything not just Hillary Clinton
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what occurs when you have a criminal case and 2 attorneys get together to settle issue
(some kind of plea)
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who handles the most cases?
state courts
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due process of law
right to trial and civil liberties
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who sets the size of the U.S. Supreme Court?
congress
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how many of the 9 Justices were appointed by republican presidents?
5
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where does the solicitor general rank?
3rd ranking official
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what is an expressed purpose or goal backed by a sanction?
Public policy
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what do public opinions polls say what Americans think about welfare?
bad. wrong.
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social security
paid into, it's not welfare.
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Americans are lazy and don't want to work, T or F?
False
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new program tanif what was it called before 1996?
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
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nasa monkeys
fear that Soviets were winning Cold War
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mortgage crisis
CREDITORY LOANS
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is workplace medical insurance an example of shadow welfare state?
Yes
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what is the shadow welfare state?
social benefits that private employers offer to their workers (medical insurance and pensions)
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what is shadow welfare state part 2?
federal cash assistance caring for children
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who does better in society powerful people or poor people?
powerful
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Free trade treaty between Mexico, Canada, and U.S.
Republics with NAFTA AND CLINTON
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Why did US not have to worry what was going on in rest of world in 19th century?
because we were surrounded by oceans, security.
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geographical isolation
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which president established prevention?
GEORGE W BUSH
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are all nation states member of un?
NO
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director of national intelligence does what?
coordinate intelligence from 16 different agencies and report it to the Prez ch. 14
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dispute, arbitration
neutral 3rd party
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distribution of money
U.S. spends 1/3 of total money spent on defense
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how much money did all allies spend in gulf war one?
a lot a lot a lot.