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Making & Enforcing Laws - Coggle Diagram
Making & Enforcing Laws
Congress
Legislature: a deliberative council that has the authority to make and repeal laws
Parliamentary system: electoral system
Presidential system: political system
Lawmaking: legislatures power to enact laws
Representation: relationship between elected officials and the people who put them in office
Policy responsiveness
Service responsiveness
Allocation responsiveness
distributive benefits
pork-barrel benefit
Symbolic responsiveness
home style
constituency
Geographical
Reelection
Primary
Personal
Legislative oversight of administration: a variety of tools Congress uses to control administrative agencies
Trustees
Delegate
Politico
Impeach
Exclude
Exclusion
Pay & Perquisites
MRA
Bicameral vs Unicameral
Leadership
president of the Senate
president pro tempore
majority leader & minority leader
whips
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Committees
Standing
exclusive
Prestige
Rules
Special, Open, Closed, Structured
Conference
Filibuster, Hold, Cloture
Bureaucracy
Spoils System vs Merit System
Neutral competence
5 categories
Executive Office of the President
Cabinet Departments
Independent Agencies
Government Corporations
Other Bureaus (Miscellaneous)
Rule and Rulemaking
Adjudication
Iron Triangles
Overhead Democracy
Police Patrol Oversight
Fire Alarm Oversight
Legislative Veto
Appointment Power
President
Executive Office of the President
White House Office
Office of Management and Budget
National Security Council
Council of Economic Advisers
Going Public: strategy used when president appeals to the public in effort to persuade Congress
Speeches
Veto bills
Party polarization
Executive orders
Signing statements