Balance of Power

From the readin" rel="nofollow">ings in" rel="nofollow">introduced in" rel="nofollow">in the e-Activities, discuss a strategy that you would implement to persuade one of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing people (you choose) to go along with you on deficit reduction measures. Remember that you want to practice bipartisan and bicameral negotiations. Remember ABC, supportin" rel="nofollow">ing your statements with appropriate citations. o • Majority Leader Reid • Speaker Boehner • Min" rel="nofollow">inority Leader Pelosi • Min" rel="nofollow">inority Leader McConnell Referrin" rel="nofollow">ing back to the e-Activity’s readin" rel="nofollow">ing on the President’s Framework, identify 2-3 official actors’ and then describe how Obama’s policy on reducin" rel="nofollow">ing the deficit will contribute positively and/or negatively to policies in" rel="nofollow">in these official actor’s agency/committee/constituents, etc. "Partisan Legislation." Please respond to the followin" rel="nofollow">ing: • Take a position on whether you believe that partisan legislative politics is good for our form of representative democracy. Support your position with materials from the textbook. Then, suggest what should replace it. If you feel nothin" rel="nofollow">ing should replace it, state why and support your reason with materials from the textbook. • Some people argue that in" rel="nofollow">intense partisan competition forces each side to be a watchdog for the other, thereby achievin" rel="nofollow">ing stability and balance. Others argue that this highly partisan environment leads to a paralysis in" rel="nofollow">in policymakin" rel="nofollow">ing and detracts from tacklin" rel="nofollow">ing society’s most important issues. Analyze the in" rel="nofollow">influence, you thin" rel="nofollow">ink partisan politics has had on the sorts of public policies that are enacted- or not enacted- by Congress. Does the partisan balance of Congress matter in" rel="nofollow">in terms of the policies it enacts? Why or why not? • Remember ABC, supportin" rel="nofollow">ing your statements with appropriate citations.