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37 Cards in this Set
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What measures did Joseph Schlesinger use to calculate a governor's formal power?
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1. tenure
2. Appointment 3. budget 4. Signing and vetoing of bills |
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length of office, limits on #
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tenure
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power to appoint heads of executive agencies
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appointment
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budget preparation power
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budget
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What characteristics are overrepresented in gubernatorial appointees
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anglo
males |
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What characteristics are underrepresented in gubernatorial appointees
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women
african americans mexican americans |
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what are the powers of the texas governer as chief legislator
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messages
- state of state - budget - special - farewell (end of term message) Special Sessions and set agenda - 30 day maximum -legislature can only consider agenda -no limit on number of special sessions |
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what types of vetoes can the texas governor exercise?
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regular
post adjournment line item |
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used to vetoe a program, but can be used to veto an entire agency
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line vetoe
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while in session the governor has 10 days to sign it
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regular vetoe
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after adjournment the governor's given an additional 20 days to sign it
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post adjournment
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Which constitutional executives are appointed by the Texas Governor
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secretary of state
adjutant general |
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a process by which a governor, when selecting an appointee, defers to the state senator in whose district the nominee resides
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senatorial courtesy
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how does a senatorial courtesy limit the governors powers?
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limits the governors ability to nominate members of boards and commission
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Texas governors powers as commander in chief
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appoint adjutant general
head of military forces |
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duties of the Texas attorney general
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-focus on criminal issue (civil law) litigation
-commence civil proceedings -issue advisory opinions to state and local offices- -provide public policy leadership |
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duties of the texas comptroller of public accounts
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- collects and disburses funds
- decrease or increase the projected state revenue by increasing or decreasing assumed price of oil - estimate amount of revenue that the state will have coming in |
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Regulates the oil and gas industry
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Rail Road Commission
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Duties of secretary of State
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- keeps state records
election data, state laws and regulations, public notifications, corporate charters - State Register |
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Texas secretary of State
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Esperanza "Hope" Andrade
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Texas Attorney general
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Greg Abbott
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Texas Comptroller of public accounts
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Susan Combs
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Function of a bureaucracy
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implementation
- put into effect - execute legislative policy - translate legislative intent into actual working policy |
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assesses the need to retain the agency
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Sunset review
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looks for potential duplication of programs
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sunset review
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consider changes to improve the agency
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sunset review
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agencies that are meant to regulate an economic activity in society in the public interest become captured by economic interest
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captured agency
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captured agencies
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Railroad Commission
Residential Construction commission |
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an exchange of personnel between private interest and public regulators
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revolving door
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employees that go and work for an industry that they have regulated
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revolving door
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Bey'e's measure of a governor's institutional powers
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-number and imporatance of sperately elected executive branch officials
- tenure potential appointment power for administrative and board positions in the executive branch - budgetary power -veto power partisan control of the governorship and state legislature |
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Institutional power #1
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number and importance of seperately elected executive branch officials
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institutional power #2
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tenure potential
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institutional power # 3
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appointment power for administrative and board positions in the executive branch
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institutional power # 4
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budgetary power
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institutional power #5
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veto power
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institutional power # 6
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partisan control of the governorship and state legislatures
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