POLI 2056 : Exam 2, Lecture 8
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Huey long was seen as a rubber stamp for the government. Meaning the governor would propose things, and the legislature stamped approval. Rubber stamp legislature completely dominated by the government; other countries are used to that. Not something that"s commonly seen in the us. Committee system best known is the senate judiciary b committee; that was the governor"s committee. Gov. would see that he chose president and speaker of the house who would pick agreeable members of the committee. This is the committee the gov. always packed his favorite people into and made sure the bills he wanted passed went through that committee. 1960s-television emerged; politics was radio before that; national news saturated the market, especially states that were seen as corrupt like la; rise of good government; Television led to a lot of reform in government, including civil rights; showing people being beaten had greater effect that just print and radio stories about it.
