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What is New Federalism? |
A political system in which authority is between different levels of government. |
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What is devolution? |
The transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states.
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Why does the national government careabout what states do?
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First, from a Congress member’s perspective, it is easier to solve many social and economic problems at the national level, especially when those problems, like race discrimination or air pollution, affect the populations of multiple states. In some instances, national problem solving involves redistributing resources from one state or region to another, which individual states, on their own, would be unwilling or unable to do. Second, members of Congress profit electorally by passing laws and regulations that bring resources, like highway funds; welfare benefits; urban renewal money; and assistance to farmers, ranchers, miners, and educators to their states. Doing well by constituents gets incumbents reelected.18 Third, sometimes members of Congress prefer to adopt national legislation to preempt what states may be doing or planning to do.
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