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| Theory that tries to explain how American Politics works; American politics works through groups that represent society as a whole |
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| Why so many interest groups in American democracy? |
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| Many different entry points into system; they can influence our government in many ways |
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| Source of most factions according to James Madison? |
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| Unequal distribution of property |
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| What're the most fully organized interest groups? |
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| Citizen United vs Federal Election Commission |
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| Business and Labor can donate as much as they want to a political campaign |
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| Distinguishing citizen's interest groups from economic groups |
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| Citizen interest groups are public groups that pursue public goods like air, economic groups pursue domestic goods like oil. |
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| Public good that's available to everyone; air |
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| They benefit from the collective good but they don't contribute |
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| Regulatory industry that regulates pharmaceutical drugs |
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| Not everyone is represented in interest groups; Homeless, poor |
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| The relationship between Congress, Interest Groups and a Bureaucracy (ie veteran's of foreign war) |
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| It's more informal than iron triangle and includes policy specialists ( economic policy environmental policy taxes budget specialists). |
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| Exaggerated non-truthful journalism |
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| Recording the facts of journalism |
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| Signaling role of journalism |
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| Just reporting breaking news |
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| Common Carrier role of journalism |
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| Using media for means of communication; Presidential press conferences |
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| Business role of journalism |
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| Only business protected by freedom of press |
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| How have CNN and MSNBC responded to FOX's ratings? |
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| FOX is Republican and CNN and MSNBC have taken a more democratic stance. |
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| What are the most successful talk show hosts? |
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| Who said "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war" |
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| Standing commitee in the Congress |
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| They put the legislature together |
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| Takes bill from house and takes bill from senate and makes it one bill. If they can't, then bill is dead |
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| Second most powerful position in the Federal Government |
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| Seniority principle in Congress |
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| If you've been there for a long time, then you get the job |
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| What causes the tension in Congress between the need for strong leadership at the top and the need for each individual member to respond to local concerns? |
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| Fragmentation, the powers are chopped up |
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| What committees in Congress do most of the legislative work? |
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| 60 percent vote to end filibuster |
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| Congress is not in session, President can veto |
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| Policy Making role of the Congress |
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| Who can introduce a Bill in Congress? |
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| Elected member of congress |
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| How many members in house and in the senate? |
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| 435 in house 100 in senate |
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| Stops a bill by killing it in senate |
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| Has party line vote increased in recent years? |
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| Have constitutional role of President increased since the founding? |
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| Why are Senators more independent from their leadership than House members? |
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| More equality in senates; filibuster. The house works like a team (republican team, democratic team). Senate everyone's out for themselves. |
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| Define the Whig theory of the Presidency |
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| Powers confined to those depicted in Consititution |
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| Why has the President's role in foreign policy increased? |
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| Post ww2, USA is world superpower/World leader |
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| Does the Constitution give any executive authority to the Vice-President? |
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| What did the Framers want from the President? |
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| Wanted strong leader; wanted someone that could carry out laws passed by Congress |
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| What article in the Constitution creates the Presidency |
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| What happens if no candidate for the presidency receives a majority vote in the Electoral College? |
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| Which president lost the popular vote but still won the Presidency recently |
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| Which state has the most Electoral votes? |
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| Executive Office of the President |
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| Office of management and budget and NSC |
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| What are the Constitutional requirements for the Presidency? |
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| 35 and naturalized citizen |
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| Why did the nation not need a strong Presidency in the 19th century? |
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| The government was small and did very little |
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| What does it mean to say that the powers of the Presidency are conditional? |
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| Timing, if the people need a strong President, the President is going to be powerful |
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| What is the most important factor for the presidency to succeed in achieving his policy goals? |
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| Timing and Support of the population. |
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| What theory of the Presidency did Theodore Roosevelt advocate? |
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| President should take command and be leading branch of government; not Congress |
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| Who conducts the trial if a President is impeached? |
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