jeopardy #5 ch. 12-15. geometry of government reasonable reasons big namesmaking a list &...
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JEOPARDY #5Ch. 12-15
Geometry of Government
Reasonable
Reasons
Big Names Making a List &
Checking It Twice
Determined! Potpourri
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500 500 500 500 500 500
Geometry of Government - 100
Alliances among bureaucrats, interest groups, and
congressional subcommitee members and staff formed to
promote their common causes
Geometry of Government - 100
What are IRON TRIANGLES?
Geometry of Government - 200
Synonym for IRON TRIANGLES which indicates that, although
they fly “UNDER the radar” they are the places in
government where the real decisions are made
Geometry of Government - 200
What are SUBGOVERNMENTS?
Geometry of Government - 300
Tobacco farmers, tobacco industry representatives, and
supportive interest groups make it up
Geometry of Government - 300
What is the TOBACCO LOBBY?
Geometry of Government - 400
Add it to the TOBACCO LOBBY (ag., ind., and int. gr.) and the subcommittees of the House
and Senate agriculture committees, and you get an
IRON TRIANGLE.
Geometry of Government - 400
What is the tobacco division of the Department of Agriculture?
Geometry of Government - 500
Because competing interests discuss an issue both inside and outside
government, an agency may be better described as embedded in one of
these (consisting of people in interest groups, on congressional staffs, in
universities, and in the mass media), rather than as a part of an iron
triangle.
Geometry of Government - 500
What is an ISSUE NETWORK?
Reasonable Reasons - 100
It’s the most important reason for which senators are
reluctant to invoke cloture.
Reasonable Reasons - 100
What is because the senator might want to engage in his or
her own filibuster one day?
Reasonable Reasons - 200
Although DUPLICATION – the spreading out of responsibility (for ex., drug trafficking –
Customs Services, FBI, DEA, Border Patrol, & the Defense Dept.), sometimes
inhibits the responsiveness of government, Congress rarely gives any one job to a
single agency for this reason.
Reasonable Reasons - 200
What is to keep any one agency from becoming all powerful?
Reasonable Reasons - 300
It best explains why only 25 members of the 109th
Congress were under the age of 40
Reasonable Reasons - 300
What is the advantage of INCUMBENCY?
Reasonable Reasons - 400
It’s the reason the 2005 Consolidated Appropriations
Act was widely criticized.
Reasonable Reasons - 400
What is too many EARMARKS – too much PORK BARREL?
Reasonable Reasons - 500
Cuts proposed by presidents (like Reagan) to the funding of regulatory agencies, which result in a reduction in regulatory oversight,
a. Are an example of how presidents use executive management to block legislative authority
b. Are a way to block the effectiveness of iron triangles.
c. Are not subject to a legislative check.
d. Are known as deregulation.
e. Were held to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on the same basis as the line-item veto.
Reasonable Reasons - 500
What is choice A. Are an example of how presidents use executive management to
block legislative authority?
Big Names - 100
The U.S. Postal Service, TVA, Amtrack, and the CPB, for
example
Big Names - 100
What are some big government corporations?
Big Names - 200
THE ICC, FTC, NLRB, FRB, and SEC
Big Names - 200
What are some Independent Regulatory Agencies or
government “watchdogs” ?
Big Names - 300
GSA, NSF, and NASA
Big Names - 300
What are some of the Independent Executive
Agencies?
Big Names - 400
Hillary Clinton, Timothy Geithner, Leon Panetta, Eric
Holder, Ray LaHood…to name a few
Big Names - 400
Who are some of the current members of President
Obama’s cabinet?
Big Names - 500
Tom Donilon, Martin Dempsey, James Clapper…and, of
course, Barak Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Leon
Panetta, to name a few
Big Names - 500
Who are some of the current members of the National
Security Council?
Making a List & Checking It Twice - 100
Red tape, conflict, duplication, unchecked growth, waste, and
lack of accountability
Making a List & Checking It Twice - 100
What are criticisms of the bureaucracy?
Making a List & Checking It Twice - 200
Limiting appointments to 6-12 years, making it easier to fire civil servants, rotating professionals
between agencies and from outside, rewarding employee initiatives, fewer rules, and
emphasizing customer satisfaction
Making a List & Checking It Twice - 200
What are suggestions for reforming the bureaucracy?
Making a List & Checking It Twice - 300
Hierarchical authority structure, task specialization, extensive rules, clear goals, the merit principle, and impersonality
Making a List & Checking It Twice - 300
What are, according to Max Weber, the basic
characteristics of a bureaucracy?
Making a List & Checking It Twice - 400
The presidency has become a more powerful institution for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. The US is more active in foreign affairsb. The bureaucracy has expanded as the govt. has taken
on more responsibilitiesc. New technology requires more immediate response to
crises than Congress can offerd. The Supreme Court has increasingly interpreted the
Constitution in favor of the pres.e. The advent of TV has made the presidency more
public
Making a List & Checking It Twice - 400
What is choice d. the Supreme Court has increasingly
interpreted the Constitution in favor of the president?
Making a List & Checking It Twice - 500
1. The War Powers Resolution
2. The Budget and Impoundment Control Act
3. Growth of Congressional Staff & Research Agencies
4. Curbs on Executive Privilege
5. Watergate and Impeachment
6. Congressional oversight of intelligence agencies
7. Greater scrutiny of executive appointments
8. Use of the Independent Counsel Law
Making a List & Checking It Twice - 500
What are Congressional attempts to check the “imperial presidency”?
Determined! - 100
When it issues one of these, the House Rules Committee has determined that a bill may not
be amended from the floor during debate.
DETERMINED! - 100
What is a closed rule?
Determined! - 200
Until the early 20th century, the speaker had the power to appoint chairmen of standing committees, when a House revolt stripped him
of that power. Since then, this has been a key factor in
determining chairmanships
Determined! - 200
What is seniority?
Determined! - 300
Until the 1970s, the seniority system operated virtually
automatically. Today it’s still important, but this is how a member gets to be a House
committee chair
Determined! - 300
What is he or she wins the vote of his or her party members?
Determined! - 400
Committee chairs are always members of the majority party. This guy or gal is the person who coulda’-woulda’-shoulda’
been chairman if his or her party weren’t in the minority!
Determined! - 400
What is the RANKING MEMBER?
Determined! - 500
The first is determined by the House of Representatives and
the second is done by the state legislatures.
Determined! - 500
What are reapportionment and redistricting?
Potpourri - 100
The practice of jamming members of one party or race into a single district to guarantee it will be represented by a member of that race or party and
the practice of spreading members of a race or party over several districts
so that none of their members will win the seat.
Potpourri - 100
What are packing and cracking?
Potpourri - 200
It’s a trip taken by a congressman or senator (at
taxpayers’ expense) in order to study a bill, engage in
oversight, or investigate constituent concerns
Potpourri - 200
What is a junket?
Potpourri - 300
All of the following are powers and duties of the president as set forth in the Constitution EXCEPT the power to:
a. Appoint Supreme Court justices with the Senate’s advice and consent
b. receive foreign ministers and appoint ambassadors with advice and consent
c. Serve as commander-in-chief of armed forcesd. Act as chief legislatore. Fill open positions in the executive branch
when Congress is in recess
Potpourri - 300
What is choice e. Fill open positions in the executive
branch when Congress is in recess?
Potpourri - 400
Most presidents have acted as though the War Powers Act is
unconstitutional because it contains one of these thingies thrown out in the Chadha case
Potpourri - 400
What is the LEGISLATIVE VETO?
Potpourri - 500
They ensure consistency and efficiency in bureaucratic
decision making.
Potpourri - 500
What are SOPs – standard operating procedures?