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Difference between people causes?

A

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

A

UP

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18
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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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22
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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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24
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What’s the strongest branch today?

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executive branch

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25
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war act 1973

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congress can step in and say you got 60days then war is over

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26
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article 2 about presidency

does is say president has power to declare war?

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NO. congress has that power

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27
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Dwight Eisenhower

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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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28
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which president granted amnesty to 50000 young men who didn’t want to fight

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Jimmy Carter

NOT GEORGE WASHINGTON.

29
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OMB

Office of the Management of Budget

A

oversee agency proposals / activities

30
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How does President’s popularity go?

A

starts high, goes down.

31
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what would you call it when bureaucrats, functionaries of government, take laws and make them into action ?

A 
adjudication             x
regulation                 x
deregulation             x
implementation       ✅
rule making              x
32
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what’s a government corporation?

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AMTRAK, postal office

charges for services, provided by government

33
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roles of bureaucracy

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DOESNT pass laws, just carry them out.

34
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civil service act 1883

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public civil service vs private
-for public

NOT CATHOLIC CHURCH

35
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what public agencies do well? (provide public welfare)

A

all of them

36
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who administers the school lunch program?

A

department of agriculture

37
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bureaucratic cultures

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different cultures? different styles of doing things. levels of customer service

38
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who tripped Obama up in his transparent government

A

Edward Snowden

39
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occurs when the federal government passes authority to state and local governments

A

devolution. / Reaganism

40
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who was the first president concerned with magic managing and reorganizing the democracy

A

Jimmy Carter

41
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drawbacks of devolution

A

standards for programs may be different in different states or localities.

42
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who brings up the case to court

and

who is it brought to

A

plaintive and defendant

43
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what type of law is where government is 100% the plaintive.

A

lcriminal law

44
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oversight

A

public hearing to investigate.

congressional committees in senate and house that investigate : everything not just Hillary Clinton

45
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what occurs when you have a criminal case and 2 attorneys get together to settle issue

A

(some kind of plea)

46
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who handles the most cases?

A

state courts

47
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due process of law

A

right to trial and civil liberties

48
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who sets the size of the U.S. Supreme Court?

A

congress

49
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how many of the 9 Justices were appointed by republican presidents?

A

5

50
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where does the solicitor general rank?

A

3rd ranking official

51
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what is an expressed purpose or goal backed by a sanction?

A

Public policy

52
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what do public opinions polls say what Americans think about welfare?

A

bad. wrong.

53
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social security

A

paid into, it’s not welfare.

54
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Americans are lazy and don’t want to work, T or F?

A

False

55
Q

new program tanif

what was it called before 1996?

A

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

56
Q

nasa monkeys

A

fear that Soviets were winning Cold War

57
Q

mortgage crisis

A

CREDITORY LOANS

58
Q

is workplace medical insurance an example of shadow welfare state?

A

Yes

59
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what is the shadow welfare state?

A

social benefits that private employers offer to their workers (medical insurance and pensions)

60
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what is shadow welfare state part 2?

A

federal cash assistance caring for children

61
Q

who does better in society powerful people or poor people?

A

powerful

62
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Free trade treaty between Mexico, Canada, and U.S.

A

Republics with NAFTA AND CLINTON

63
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Why did US not have to worry what was going on in rest of world in 19th century?

A

because we were surrounded by oceans, security.

64
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l

A

geographical isolation

65
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which president established prevention?

A

GEORGE W BUSH

66
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are all nation states member of un?

A

NO

67
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director of national intelligence does what?

A

coordinate intelligence from 16 different agencies and report it to the Prez

ch. 14

68
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dispute, arbitration

A

neutral 3rd party

69
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distribution of money

A

U.S. spends 1/3 of total money spent on defense

70
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how much money did all allies spend in gulf war one?

A

a lot a lot a lot.

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