INTA 1200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: United States Senate Committee On The Judiciary, United States House Committee On Rules, Political Action Committee
23 Sep 2017
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Politics and collective action: collective action dilemma, free- rider problems, credible commitments, single event games. Judicial branch: checks on legislature, judicial review; compensation cannot be diminished, checks on executive, judicial review, founders intentions when designing each branch, republic, built on liberal tradition. Federalism: argument put forth in federalist paper no. Joint committees ~ combined house- senate committee formed to coordinate activities and expedite legislation in certain area: getting on right committee is essential for members of congress, conference committees ~ formed temporarily to reconcile differences in house and. Senate committee action in senate majority votes in senate and is passed to. Bureaucracy: characteristics of bureaucracy, hierarchy, specialization, explicit rules, merit based, organization of the federal bureaucracy, departments ~ major subdivisions of federal government, represented in president"s cabinet. Independent agencies ~ government organizations independent of departments but with narrower policy focus. Iron triangles ~ alliance of congressional committees, interest groups and agencies working together for mutual benefit.
