Short Essay: Policy-Making in the Federal System Obama’s Care “Medicaid – not Medicare Frances Johnson POL: 201 American National Government Instructor‚ Carol Parker July 12th‚ 2012 During the 2008 federal campaign‚ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama placed comprehensive health care reform at the centre of his platform. In the light of the growing problems facing the US health care system‚ the time seemed ripe for another attempt to control
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EPA – Policy-making in the Federal System POL 201 Instructor: Matthew Szlapak Monday‚ April 29‚ 2013 The federal government enacted the Clean Air Act‚ so as to protect the citizens of the United States. At the same time Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency with its primary role of regulating and the enforcement of environmental policies at the state and tribal levels. A brief history on air pollution‚ in October 1928 in the industrial town of Donora Pennsylvania a thick
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Policy Making in the Federal System Stephanie Stratton POL 201 5/11/15 Jamie Weitl The topics of health care and health care reform are two of the most highly debated topics in society today. The Obama Care Plan is at the center of the health care crisis. Obama Care is aimed at reinforcing the American system of health care. The main focus of Obama Care is to regulate the industry of health insurance and also reduce spending. Obama Care was signed into law on March 23‚ 2010. The primary
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Eric Spilman Policy-making in the Federal System Pol201: American National Government February 4‚ 2013 The United States Government plays a big role in the policies or programs that the citizens can like or dislike but really don’t have the overall say. When it comes to the policies that get put into place not everyone is going to be happy with it. Sure‚ some policies will benefit some people more than others and some can just plain benefit the ones who run the country. Obamacare has some
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The Judiciary Chapter Focus The purpose of this chapter is to describe the policy-making role of the federal judiciary‚ in particular that of the Supreme Court. To appreciate the significance of this role‚ students need basic knowledge about the history of the Supreme Court‚ the structure and procedures of the federal courts‚ the nature of controversy over the courts‚ and the restraints on judicial policy making. After reading and reviewing the material in this chapter‚ you should be able to
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The Federal Reserve System‚ though it has many different functions was established to serve the public’s interest. The Federal Reserve has three vital sectors that help in its day to day function: the Board of Governors‚ the Reserve Banks‚ and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). “The Master said: “Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous”’ (Confucius The Analects pg. 7). The Board of Governors is ran by seven member or “governors” that oversees the all operations
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Federal Highway Policy: Minimum Legal Drinking Age Ashley Miller American National Government Mark Ladd February 17‚ 2014 The Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) laws were created in the US after the Prohibition in 1933. AT this time‚ many states set the MLDA at 21. When the voting age was lowered to 18 in 1971‚ many states also lowered their drinking age to 18 or 19 (Fell‚ 2009). After the lowering‚ the amount of alcohol related accidents involving young adults age 18 to
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Of the two systems‚ the federal is by far the less complicated. According to Article III of the Constitution‚ "The judicial Power of the United States‚ shall be vested in one supreme Court‚ and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." In accordance with this directive‚ the federal judiciary is divided into three main levels. At the bottom are the federal district courts‚ which have original jurisdiction in most cases of federal law. Made up of 92 districts
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Federal Reserve System Name Course Institution Instructor Date INTRODUCTION The Federal Reserve is the backbone of the American government financial system. It plays a crucial role in controlling and sustaining the government and nation financial system in a stable and good shape i.e stabilize the economic growth of the country. President Woodrow Wilson has introduced the system from about 100 years ago‚ hence Federal Reserve Act was launched to overcome many issues and obstacles that had occurred
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The Federal Reserve System Why do a research paper on the Federal Reserve System? This is a question we went over in our heads while making a decision on the type of research paper to do‚ what we wanted to learn more about and why. Over the past few years we have realized the impact that the Federal Government has on our economy‚ yet we never knew enough about the subject to understand why. While taking this Economics course it has brought so many things to our attention‚ especially since we see
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