Bureaucracy

 

Answer the following in a MSWord Document.

1. List some of the powers of Congress noting those that are the same for each House and the powers that are specific to the Senate or specific to the House.
2. List the powers of the President.
3. How has the presidency changed in the modern era (Great Depression and World War II to present)?
4. What is the bureaucracy, which branch or government creates the bureaucracies, and which branch runs them?
5. How are Supreme Court Justices selected, how long are their terms, and why?
6. What are the doctrines judicial activism and judicial restraint?
7. Define and describe the process of political socialization.
8. What influence should public opinion have on members of Congress in their decision making?
9. What are the types of special interest groups and what methods do they use to influence government policy.
10. Summarize the political policy positions of the Democrat and Republican parties.
11. Explain the origins of the war on terror and how it has influenced policy.
12. Describe the national policies for ending poverty in the United States.
13. Define and compare progressive and regressive taxes with examples of each.

 

Identify the following by name, political party, and District # where relevant.

1point each

14. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
15. Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
16. Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
17. S. Senate Majority Leader
18. S. Senate Minority Leader

Do you think government regulations and fines are the best way to gain citizen compliance with energy and environmental goals?