What is public Policy?
process for dealing with domestic and foreign issues
How did president bush want to defend the nation?
wanted a star wars program-a laser in space that would shoot down incoming rockets
What does public policy do?
Defends the nation, protects the environment, improves health care
What are the three branches of government?
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
What does the executive branch do?
initiates the policy
What does the president do in the executiv branch?
sends a budget to congress
What is pork barreling?
congressmen pas a budget by putting their own perks in the bill
Who is part of the legislative branch?
House and senate
What does the legislative branch do?
raise funds to implement the policies(approve presidents budget)
Why does the house of representatives create the revenue?
they serve two terms. If it is a bad bill they can be voted out quicker than the senate
How long is the houses term?
2 years
how long is the senates term?
6 years
What does the judicial branch do?
settles disputes and interpret the constitutions
Who can change public policy?
supreme court- best example is ending segregation
Who controls the government now?
democrats
Who is the house of representatives?
Nancy Pelosi
How is the senate broken up between dems and reps in 2021?
50/50
Who is the tie breaker for the senate?
Kamala Harris(vice president)
Who is the president starting 2021?
Joe Biden
Who is the first woman speaker of the house and still is?
Nancy Pelosi
Who are the senate majority leaders?
Mitch McConnel and Chuck Shumer
What are key issues in 2021?
Green new deal, pack the supreme court, add puerto rico/washington D.C.
What is bad about the green new deal?
get rid of cows/airplanes
What is bad about packing the supreme court?
add seats to favor democrats
What is bad about adding Puerto Rico and washington D.c. as states?
creates 4 new senators
Who appoints the supreme court justices?
the president
What does the supreme court justices do?
serve as an appellate court. Review a limited number of cases per year
How many cases were taken out of 7245 in 1993?
116
What is the supreme court rulings influenced by?
ideologies and backgrounds of the judges
What were the accomplishments before the pandemic?
lowest unemployment,child poverty reduced, wages for minorities at all time high, growth of jobs
What are conservative groups?
proud boys and Q anon
What are liberal groups?
redneck revolt and socialist rifle association
What are two big techs?
twitter-trump band
parler
What is the office of management budget?
responsible for drawing up the presidents budget for the fiscal year
What are the dates of a fiscal year?
october 1-september 30
What does the budget of the president reflect?
priorites of the administration
What branch is responsible for raising money for federal government?
legislative branch-house/senate
What are ways to raise money for federal gov.?
raise taxes, new taxes, borrow money from treasury department
What is budget deficit?
money spent in excess of moeny taken in
When was the last surplus of money?
1969 followed by 1999
What was the largest deficit in 1992?
$290 billion
How much did the largest deficit go up to in 2012?
1.2 trillion
What does COLA stand for?
cost of living adjustments
What is 48% of the balanced budget?
medicare, medicaid, social secuirty pensions
What is 18% of the balanced budget?
military
What is 15% of the balanced budget?
state/local government
What is 14% of balanced budget?
pay the interest on teh debt
How much did we pay towards the debt in 1990?
400 billion dollars
What is our debt today?
$27 trillion
What major reform did congress pass in 1994?
welfare, health care, and immigration
Why did government shut down in 1995?
the clinton and lewinsky scandal
What was a major dispute in 1995?
president clintona nd the congress dispute over budget
What was clinton impeached for?
obstruction of power and lied before a grand jury
Who was judge in the case of clinton/lewinsky?
chief justice
Who was the jury in clinton/lewinsky?
sneate
Who investigated the clinton/lewinsky scandal?
kenneth star
What did kenneth star have to find out?
if clinton had lied in his deposition of paula jones
When did democrats take over both houses?
2006
Who was our 44th president?
Barack Obama
Who was the 45th and the 46th president?
Trump and biden
What did trump get impeached for the 1st time?
Tampering-Called ukraine to investigate hunter biden
What did trump get impeached for the 2nd time?
Causing an insurrection (take over)