How powerful are parties in the House in accomplishing their legislative goals?
What will be an ideal response?
Students should outline both CPG and pivotal politics theories and explain how each theory would address this question. They should then make an argument for which they think best explains legislative outcomes with reference to evidence from the text. The best answers will consider historical evidence in addition to the contemporary Congress.
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Conservative Republicans aided in the creation of numerous Tea Party organizations, though the Tea Party itself was not a product of the organized Republican Party
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
A modern liberal would most likely support which of the following policy proposals?
a. Eliminate the minimum wage. b. Cut taxes for top income earners. c. Privatize the social security system. d. Increase regulations on the banking sector.
The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, granted
a. women the right to vote. b. African American men the right to vote for the first time. c. the right to equal education regardless of race or gender. d. the right to affirmative action in employment procedures. e. eighteen-year-olds the right to vote.
Why do Medicare and Social Security have such a broad base of support?
a. There is consensus in the United States that the elderly should be able to retire with dignity. b. Since we all pay income taxes, we have a stake in maintaining these programs. c. Everyone who has paid into the system receives benefits no matter how rich or poor he or she is. d. Celebrities highlight the benefits of the system.