This chamber of congress contains:
-150 members
-2year terms
Who are Texas House of Representatives?
100
head of the Executive branch, carries out the laws, serves 4yrs terms (two terms max).
Who is President of the United States?
100
[Texas] Governor does not hold all the power in the executive branch, power is broken up.
What is Fragmented Executive?
100
A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.
What is Merit System?
200
count votes within Majority Party- pressure other leaders to vote their way
Who is the Majority Whip?
200
sessions that can only be called by the president/governor to deal with an emergency
What are special sessions?
200
The president's first months in office, a time when Congress, the press, and the public are more inclined than usual to support presidential initiatives.
What is the Honeymoon Period?
200
an executive branch with power divided among several independent officers and a weak chief executive
What is Plural Executive?
200
These are the fifteen largest and most influential agencies of the federal bureaucracy (e.g., Department of State, Treasury, Justice...)
What are Cabinet Departments?
300
A situation in which responsibility for a policy area is dispersed, making it difficult to coordinate the policy.
What is Fragmentation?
300
additional legislative powers held by the speaker and lieutenant governor
What are Extra Legislative Powers?
300
Informal group of presidential advisers some of who may be cabinet heads or other officials and others who may be merely trusted personal friends and or family
What is The Kitchen Cabinet?
300
-Chief legal officer
-Defend state laws enacted by legislature.
-Consumer advocate
-Issues legal opinions to governmental agencies.
Who is Texas Attorney General?
300
The following make up something:
-Expertise
-Clientele Groups
-Friends in High Places
What is Source of Bureaucratic Power
400
House of Representative employ this Model of Representation: The view that an elected represent should represent the opinions of his or her constituents.
What is Delegate Model of Representation?
400
meeting of the legislature every two years.
Texas legislative meets in January for 140 days each odd number year.
What are Texas Biennial Sessions?
400
The Council of Economic Advisors, the National Security Council, and the Office of Management and Budget
What is The Executive Office of the President?
400
-Outline legislative priorities
-Weak budgetary powers, does have line item veto
- veto legislation
-appointment powers
-Pardoning powers, with recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles
-is Commander in Chief of State Militia
What are the Formal Powers of Governor?
400
A close relationship between an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group.
What is Iron Triangle?
500
closed meeting of a party's House or Senate members; also called a party conference
What is a Party Caucus?
500
to adjourn [congressional session] without appointing a time to meet again
What is Sine Die
500
President's responsibillity to work with leaders of other nations to negotiate treaties, executive agreements and relations between the countries
What is Foreign Policy Leadership?
500
Only high ranking state official appointed by the governor to be the keeper of the state's records, such as state laws, election data and filings, public notifications, and corporate charters.
Who is [Texas] Secretary of State?
500
Policy Implementation- The stage of policy making between the establishment of a policy and the consequences of the policy for the people whom it affects. It involves translating the goals and objectives of a policy into an operating, ongoing program.