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What does the legislative branch do?

Creates laws or statues

What does it include in congress

US House of Representatives and US Senate

How long does house member serve for

2 year terms

How long does an senator serve for

6 year terms

In the house, what does it do for revenue

originate revenue legislation

what can the senate confirm

presidential nomination and approve treaties

what does the executive branch do

executes and enforces laws

who is included in the executive branch

the president and the cabinet

what can the president do

sign a bill into low, veto and allow a bill to become a law without signing

what des the judical branch do

interprets laws and determines constitutionality

what can the judical branch establish

a case law

what does the judical branch include

the supreme court, appellate courts, and trial courts

who can introduce the bill

either a sentor or representative (congress all together)

if a bill is introduct what happens next

it is reffered to a specific committee based on its topic

what happens third in the process of a bill becoming a law

it get debated and voted in both senate and representative turns

were there is a difference between house and sentate, what happens

it gets reconciled by a conference committee

what happens after reconilation of the bill of both house and senate after its differences

gets sent to the president to be signed or not

what is the government concept, where the power is divided btwn national and sate governments

federalism

what is the government concept where the federal law takes precedence over state law

superemacy clause

what is the government concept, where citizens who live in an elected offical district or state called

constituents

in media and policy influence, what is it called when the media determines which issues enter public debate

agenda setting

in media and policy influence, what is it called how issues are prented and interpreted

framing

in media and policy influence, what is the concept where the media influence which criteria ppl use to evualuate leaders or issues

priming

why are interest grps organized

to seek to influence public policy

what request does interest grps make

policy-related requests directly to the government

what does political parties do

organize to win elections, operate the government and determne policy policies

what policy defintion is described, a system of rules recognized and enforced by governing authority

a law

what policy defintion is described, a plan or course of action implented through laws, rules, or regulations

policy

what policy defintion is described, actions taken by government to address public issures and improve welfare

public policy

what policy defintion is described, focused on social well-being and quality of life

social policy

what type of policy is being described, policies that aim to protect, promote, and strengthen families by supporting family functions

family policies

how is explicit different from implicit fmaily policy

explicit direcetly focuses on families whil implicit is not labeld as family policy but affects families

what is the structual defintion of family

legal or formal characteristics

what is examples of family structural definitions

marriage, adoption, divorce

what is the functional defintion of family

it is what families do

what are examples of functional defintions of families

parenting children, providing economic resources, and caring for elderly family members

what did the Loving vs Virgina case rule

it banned interracial marriage

what year was Loving vs Virgina held

in 1967

what was ruled in the US vs Windsor court case

it struck down parts of DOMA denying federal benefits to same sex couples

what year was US vs Windsor held

2013

what did the Obergefell vs Hodges rule

it established the right of same sex couples to marry

what year was Obergefell vs Hodge held

2015

what did the Prince vs Massachusetts rule

it allowed states to protect children from serious harm despite parental rights

what year was Prince vs Massachusetts held

1944

why is the 14th amendment important in family law cases

it provided equal protection

what word does the constitution not mention

family

how is religion presented in the constitution

its explicitly mentioned and proctected

what is the purpose of this social program described, health insurance for the elderly

medicare

what is the purpose of this social program described, health care for low-income indivduals

medicaid

what is the purpose of this social program described, it provides nutrition assistance that is income-based and USDA administered

SNAP

what is the purpose of this social program described, provides up to 12 weeks of upaid leave, doesn’t require leave to be consecutive and doesn’t guarantee return exact same job but an equivalent position

FMLA

what is the conservativism’s poltical ideology

limited national government

what is the liberalism’s poltical ideology

active government role in welfare and civil righs

what is direct lobbying

direct contact with policy makeres to influence legislation

what is indirect lobbying

mobilizing public support

true or false. a small bit on the far left democratic ppl are socialists

true

true or false, the upper majority of democratics are liberal

true

true or false the last third or so of democrats fall in the moderate level

true

true or false. the range for an democratic is associated from moderate to socialist

true

true or false, a small portion of republicans fall in the moderate levels on the politcal spectrum

true

true or false. the majority of republicans are conservative

true

true or flase, about less than a third of republicans are libertatrian on the far right side

true

true or false. the range for an republican is associated from moderate to libertarian

true