Current Event Chapter on Political Parties and Interest Groups Current Event Instructions: For the chapter on Political Parties and Interest Groups current event, please review pages 240 – 246. Once you do that, research a recent news article from within the last 6 months that addresses the influence of interest groups . Download a copy […]
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Select a state and research selected state’s Medicaid Expansion history and/or plans. The state is Nebraska.
Topic: Medicaid Expansion history and/or plans. Select a state and research selected state’s Medicaid Expansion history and/or plans. The state is Nebraska. Assignment: For your state, prepare a 1-page summary including Governor Preference/Political Party Debate Topics Eligibility Requirements Other interesting news/history/facts
. Why is this the case-What are some of the limitations that the Texas Constitution places on the governor?
Questions: 1. Describe how a bill becomes a state law in general first. Then choose a bill from a past orcurrent legislative session at the Texas legislature website (https://capitol.texas.gov/Search/TextSearch.aspx), and to track that bill’s progressthrough the legislative process. Summarize the process with information on what it is,which chamber it was proposed in, committee markup, whether […]
State and federal legislators and explore their assigned committees and legislative commitments.
written assignment for Legislator Communication is due: This written assignment requires the student to investigate his/her local, state and federal legislators and explore their assigned committees and legislative commitments. The student is expected to investigate current and actual legislative initiatives that have either passed or pending approval by the house, senate or Governor’s office. The […]
What is at least one informal power (do not use the same informal power for each of the issues) that you can use to get each policy passed by the legislature?
Congratulations! You have recently been elected the Governor of Texas. You built your successful campaign around promises to address four issues that are significant to the voters of Texas: controlling immigration from Mexico, controlling spending on social programs (welfare, food stamps, Medicaid), making sure the death penalty is applied fairly and improving k-12 education. Please […]
