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public finance exam 1 part 2
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 2
02/18/2013

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what years were there no budget in the 90's and 2000's
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1993, 2003, 2005, 2007
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how long did the gov't shutdown in 1995?
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3 weeks
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2001 EGTRA is known as
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bush tax cuts
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what did the bush tax cuts do?
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gave nex tax brackets, doubled child tax brackets, give everyone some cash
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what happened in 2004
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smoke and mirrors made everyone believe we reached our targets
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reconcillation usually occurs in
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october
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an omnibus bill
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must be passed before fiscal year begins or else a resolution must be passed.
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what occured because congress has little time to debate and omnibus reconcillation bill
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lots of stuff that isnt relevant is on the bill. lots of pork
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implied powers
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not stated but seem to be implied
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expressly delegated powers
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powers that are only in constitution
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reserved powers
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powers that arent written down but 10th amendment says there reserved to the states or the people
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supremacy clause
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national laws and power over the states
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federalism in the early 1800's was
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equal
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what changed the power shift in federalism in 1819
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mcculloch vs maryland
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what happenened in mcculloch vs maryland
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maryland tried to tax a national bank
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necessary and proper clause
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congress has the power to make new laws
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what did the court rule in the mcculloch vs maryland case
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states have right to tax but supremacy clause. the power to tax is the power to destroy
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what ruling reinstated supremacy clause and judicial review
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mccoullch vs. maryland
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what acts started land grants
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morril acts
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chief justice tanney was a
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strict constructionist
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how did the nat'l gov't expand it's scope
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interstate commerce clause
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how was chief justice tanney ruling on federalism
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siding with states. said no on minimum wages. and no to economy. and fair labor
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dual federalism
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state and national are two seperate spheres
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cooperative federalism
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interact cooperativly to solve problems
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what led to cooperative federalism
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great depression
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marble cake federalism
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integrated
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during cooperative federalism the nat'l became the parent and established reward and punish programs like
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infrastructure
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what characterized the creative federalism period
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jfk and johnson
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what led the gov't to get creative
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NG had all the money
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why did LBJ settle on grants-aid
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wanted a great society
very specific
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categorical grants
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can be spent on narrowly specific purposes
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block grants
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can be spent on broad subjects
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what did baker vs carr/westbury vs sanders say
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1 person for 1 vote
rural/urban
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why did richard nixon switch federalism
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general revenue sharing. a lot of aid to democratic cities
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reagan and bush's 3 d's
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devolution
decentralization
deregulation
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devolution
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back to state power. 77 categories to 9 bigger the category the more power states have
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decentralization
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privitazation
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deregulation
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took on telecommunications, airline, food industries
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how did the reagan/bush change in federalim go
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failed
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what did devolution work out
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initial success
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how did deregulation work out
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huge success
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how did decentralization work out
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fail in certain areas
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clinton reduced the size of nat'l gov't to levels since
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1962
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department of education got rid of ________ of their rules
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2/3
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clinton wanted a _______ role of education
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shared
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clinton could override the states on the ________
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environment
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george bush wanted states rights on
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marijuana and against fda
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on the other hand, bush was for
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no child left behind, 2 wars, ban on abortion, federalize gun crimes, war on terror
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how did obama want an active government on both levels
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stimulus bill
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who did obama give power to
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bureaucrats
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how did obama encourage states as players
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race to the top program
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