How do presidents regulate the regulators?
What will be an ideal response?
Presidents, especially since the Reagan administration, have been working to obtain greater control over government regulation, insisting that agencies are part of the executive branch and must be accountable to the president. They do so by trying to use cost-benefit regulation and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review of draft regulations to curb spending in federal regulations. No agency may publish a notice of proposed rulemaking until OMB review is completed. This has become even more stringent over time.
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The fact that oil industry lobby groups have been able to strongly influence the Texas Railroad Commission's three commissioners instead of having to influence the governor is an example of how ________ can increase interest group strength.
A. economic diversity B. a fragmented government structure C. poor legislative professionalism D. wide geographic distribution
A correlation cannot prove a theory,
A) But it can negate a theory. B) Unless it has been found many times. C) Nor can it negate a theory. D) Because it does not use representative samples.
Which of the following accurately describes why, when the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed, the organization chose to use the court pathway instead of other pathways to advance its goals?
a. Lack of responsiveness from elected officials and clear evidence of racial discrimination led the organization to use the pathway of action that was open to it. b. Hostility toward African Americans had subsided, so the organization saw the opportunity to move forward in the courts with greater acceptance on the part of both judges and the public.— c. Most law schools had opened admissions to African Americans, so with the growing number of black lawyers, the court pathway seemed to be a natural course. d. The separate-but-equal doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson had been overturned, which allowed for the entry of African Americans into the political and legal arenas.
The religious right of today is opposed to the social permissiveness of the American culture, but not
A. Prayer in public school B. Abortion rights C. Rights to same sex relationships D. Same sex marriages