1. Public Policy = pass laws

2. Taxes = how the gov't gets money

3. Regulations

1. Autocracy - 1 person rule

2. Oligarchy - small group of powerful people

3. Monarchy - rule by royalty

4. Democracy - Rule by the People

1. Elitism

2. Pluralism

2. Marjoritarianism

The theory that democracy can be achieved through competition among multiple organized groups

1. Minority Rights vs. Majority Rule

2. Individual rights vs. Common Good

1. Legal = specifically stated in the Constitution

2. Institutional

3. Political

1. Rule of Propinquity - decision made by those in the room at the time.

2. Pyramid structure - Chain of Command

3. Circular structure - Cabinet Sec. and Assistants report to the President.

4. Ad hoc structure - form a committee and talk to Pres.

1. 35

2. natural born citizen

3. Resident 14 years

1. president

2. VP

3. Speaker of the House

4. Pres. Pro Tempore

5. Cabinet positions

1. Global Pres. - most important

2. Symbolic Pres.

3. managing crisis

4. Policy leadership

5. manage economy

6. managing gov't

1. Executive Memorandums (Memo's)

2. Executive Orders

3.Executive Agreements

4. Pardons

5. Amicus Curiae Briefs - friend of the court; contain more info on the court case for the supreme court.

1. Enforce legislative statutes

2. Enforce the Constitution or treaties w/foreign nations.

3. Establish/modify rules and practices of executive administrative agencies.

True or False: An executive treaty requires the approval of congress?

True or False: An executive agreement requires the approval of congress?

1. true

2. false

1. War Powers Resolution 1973 - notify congress w/in 48 hrs.; prevents Vietnam 2

2. Budget & Impoundment Control Act 1973 (BICA) - pres. can't take money from one area and use it in another.

consists of 10 staff agencies that assist the president in carrying out major duties.

Ex: White House Office

National Security Office

1. 25 years old

2. citizen for 7 years

3. Resident of state

2 year term

1. 30 years old

2. citizen for 9 years

3. resident of state

6 year term limit

1. Speaker of the House - John Boehner - most importan

2. Minority Leader - Nancy Pelosi

3. Majority Leader - Eric Cantor

4. Majority Whip & Minority Whip - Kevin McCarthy, Steny Hoyer

1. VP - Joe Biden

2. Pres. Pro Tempore - David Inouye

3. Majority Leader - Harry Reid - most important

4. Minority Leader - Mitch McConnell

5. Majority & Minority Whip - Dick Durbin, John Kyl

1. Standing = Permanent

2. Select-Temporary = special case committees

3. Joint or Conference = members from both houses - permanent

1. prepare legislation for consideration

2. hold hearings

3. administrative oversight

4. primary source for policy leadership

work for all of Congress as a whole.

1. Congressional Research Services

2. Congressional Budget Office

3. Governmental Accountability Office

1. most demographically representative part of gov't

2. diversity of jobs mirrors the private sector

1. Civil Service - based on merit and nonpartisanship

2. Patronage - job given for political reasons

3. Plum Book recruiting

1. Weberian Model

2. The Acquisitive, Monopolistic Bureaucracy

3. Garbage Cans & Bureaucracy

1. Gov't Coporations

2. Regulatory Agencies

3. 15 Cabinet Departments

4. Independent Executive Agencies - NASA

1. creating/assigning an agency the policy

2. turning policy into rules, regulations and forms

3. coordinating resources to achieve the goals

1. Program Design

2. Lack of Clarity

3. Lack of Resources

4. Administrative Routine

5. Administrative Dispositions

6. Fragmentation

1. appoint the right people

2. issue executive orders

3. tinker w/ the agency's budget

4. reorganize an agency

1. Influence presidential appointments

2. Tinker with the agency's budget

3. hold hearings

4. rewrite legislation; more detailed