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Unit 4: President and Bureaucracy Flashcards

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parlimentary system

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the legislative selects the executive (parliment chooses prime minister)

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framers wanted electoral college because

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  • wants to keep separation of powers(parliamentary would mean that congress picked pres)
  • doesn’t want mob rule (some ppl are uneducated)
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how does the electoral college reflects separation of powers

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the electoral college can’t make laws - mini congress that gets together every 4 years then it dissolves

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who is in charge of choosing that state’s electors

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state legislature

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how many electors in electoral college

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538 - state reps + senators

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how does the electoral college vote

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  • electors vote in December in their state capital
  • gives the news to the pres of the senate (vp)
  • vp counts the electoral votes in front of a joint session of congress
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what happens if there’s a tie

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they pick the top 3 candidates and the house picks the pres and senate picks vp (each state gets one vote)

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what does the popular vote do

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it shows preference and determines which electors go to the college vote

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Constitutionalism:

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The U.S. Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances among branches of government and allocates power between federal and state governments. This system is based on the rule of law and the balance majority rule and minority rights.

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Liberty and Order:

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Governmental laws and policies balancing order and liberty are based on the U.S. Constitution and have been interpreted differently over time.

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Civic Participation in a Representative Democracy:

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Popular sovereignty, individualism, and republicanism are important considerations of U.S. laws and policy making and assume citizens will engage and participate.

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Competing Policy-Making Interests:

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Multiple actors and institutions interact to produce and implement possible policies.
The federal bureaucracy is a powerful institution implementing federal policies with sometimes questionable accountability

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Methods of Political Analysis:

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Using various types of analyses, political scientists measure how U.S. political behavior, attitudes, ideologies, and institutions are shaped by a number of factors over time.

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divided gov

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pres is one party, congress is another

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gridlock

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cant get anything done cuz too differing ideas, result of divided gov

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take care clause

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executive has the duty to enforce the laws as their written

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veto

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pres says no to law

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pocket veto

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bill fails to become law because the president does not sign it within the ten-day period and cannot return the bill to Congress because Congress is no longer in session.

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treaty

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A formal, public agreement between the United States and one or more nations that must be approved by two thirds of the Senate.

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executive agreement

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n agreement between the United States and a foreign government that is less formal than a treaty and is not subject to the constitutional requirement for ratification by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate

pres prefers agreements over treaties bc it only takes ½ not ⅔

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line item veto

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vetoing part of a bill not all of it (illegal)

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impeachment

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the charges for an elected official HOR

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Executive Privilege-

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exec branch gets to have confidential communication between executive branch

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us v nixon

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President does not have executive privilege in immunity from subpoenas or other civil court actions.

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signing statements

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conditions to which a pres will sign smthng into law

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impoundment

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prevents fed funds from being spent

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war powers resolution

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limit pres power to sending troops abroad

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bureaucracy

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non elected gov officcials managing the gov

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Pendleton Civil Service Act

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Took us to a civil service system

Managed by OPM (Office of Personnel Management)

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Hatch Act

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Made certain activities by certain fed employees illegal

Ex: can’t actively campaign

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FOIA

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Freedom of information act
Bureaucracy should be transparent with the public
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Whistleblower protections

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Allows bureaucrats to report the bad stuff without being punished/fired

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rule making

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specific ways gov carries out laws
- quasi-legislative functions
Executive orders, take care clause
Through rule making, the bureaucracy often expands their power and size just as a result

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Discretionary authority

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  • Write the rules and also in charge of enforcing the rules
  • Implements legislation and also enforces it (through things like fines)
  • Some rules include incentives too
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Department of Homeland Security

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prepare for, prevent, and respond to domestic emergencies

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Department of Transportation

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for planning and coordinating federal transportation projects.

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Department of Veterans Affairs

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manage va benefits and services

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Department of Education

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establishes policy for, administers and coordinates most federal assistance to education.

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.

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Federal Elections Commission (FEC)

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independent regulatory agency of the United States whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance law in United States federal elections.

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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independent agency, manage and secure markets economy

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means testing

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determination of whether an individual or family is eligible for government assistance

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Fiscal/Monetary Policy
Federal Reserve

Plurality vs. majority vs. supermajority
Keynesian economics
Laissez-faire economics

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omb

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office of management and budget (works on the budget)

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cbo

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congressional budget office, federal agency within congress that works on the budget

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opm

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independent agency) office of personal management —-manages the employee

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deficit

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when expenses exceed revenues, i

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social secuirty

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social insurance for retired, disabled, and survivors

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malapportionment

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One electoral voter represents different numbers of people in different states. This is unfair because now some people’s votes are more powerful than others.

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medicaid

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low incomce health insurance

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medicare

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care for elderly, old ppl health inssurance

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payroll tax

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a percentage withheld from an employee’s pay by an employer who pays it to the government on the employee’s behalf

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agenda setting

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ability to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda

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22nd ammend

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sets two term limit for presidents

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23rd ammend

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lets dc participate in pres elections

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pres cabient

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heads of the diff depts

  • pres appoints, senate confirms(by 50%)
  • pres can fire WITHOUT reason
  • cabinent is loyal to their depts and pres
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pres staff

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  • pres apoints, no senate confrimation
  • pres cna fire WITHOUT reason
  • loyal to pres
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chief of staff

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leader of the pres staff

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electoral college

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  • The popular vote determines which electors goes to the electoral college
    If popular vote is dem, state legislature works with dem party so that the democratic electors go to the electoral college vote
  • Only 29 state electors are required to follow the state popular vote
  • Maine and nebraska - divide electors by district and the winner of each district is how they vote (senate sides wth the states overall popular vote)
    Bad because if they go by districts they can gerrymander ur way into the presidency!
  • Electors are chosen by a political party and because they’re going to vote in bias as a certain party
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Plurality

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: Voting system in which the candidate who receives the most votes within a geographic area wins the election, regardless if they win the majority

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majority

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wins more than half the votes cast in an election

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super majroity

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more than j half used for majority of votes

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