Congressional oversight which refers to congress watching over the federal bureaucracy.

They can do this in many ways including controlling the general accounting office's budget. They also have the power to investigate any bureaucratic miscounduct that may occur. Are these way effective though? Im my personal opinion I do not believe that congressional oversight is effective today because of the corrupt brides and overlooking problems that should be executed on. hat are the ways Congress oversights the federal bureaucracy and why do they use these methods? !robably the biggest way would be controlling the budget. If your breaking the rules or doing something that congress does not want you to do than they can "ust cut your budget. #obody wants their budget cut$ so they "ust follow the rules. This is what is seems like$ but in reality that money gets spent on other things$ including briding those who give them their budget. This means the higher their budgets$ the bigger the brides. Another way they look over is investigating bureaucratic miscounduct. If one is doing something wrong than they can be looked into and get in mayor trouble. Though this rarely happens because of brides to overlook what they are doing. They get brides money to look the other way instead of looking into the people that are doing something wrong. That makes both of these mayor methods of congressional oversight basically useless. %%%%saved area

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& The '(th amendment may have been one of the most important amendments to the ).*. constitutions. +aving a large affect on the outcomes of many court cases including ,rown vs. ,oard of education and &&&& $ it helped pave the way for civil rights. The issues of whether or not the '(th amendment applied to these cases were eventually solved in favor of those for civil rights. In ,rown v. ,oard of education$ the -uestion arrose of whether or not the segregation of public schools based off of race was e-ual and constitutional. According to the outcome of the case the segregation of public schools violated the .-ual !rotection Clause of the '(th amendment. This was huge because it reversed !lessy v. /erguson which made it so that the '(th amendment "ust made it so that public places had to be seperate but e-ual. Another case$ 0iranda v. Ari1ona made it so that you must be read your rights before being arrested. This court case deal with the due process clause of the '(th amendment$ making it a step to read the rights of those who get arrested. This is ma"or because it either lets those who don't get read their rights$ to get off. It also makes it so

that when you are being arrested you know that what you can and can't do and have. 0iranda v. Ari1ona made it so that those who are uninformed have a fair chance.

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& The federal government seems to have problems enacting public policy$ but what creates this problem? *ome of the ways that make it difficult include /ederalism$ *eparation of powers and The growth in the number of interest groups and !acs. .ach of these have made it increasingly difficult for the federal government to enact public policy because they always have someone against it and when that happens than a cat fight goes on until the it is passed or re"ected. /ederalism makes it difficult to enact public poicy because some states don't want what the federal government is trying to give them. hile you have some states willing to take the policy$ you have others who re"ect it because they have the power to challenge it. 2ike the issue of gun control... some states are willing to accept those gun controls$ while other red states don't wish to have it as a public policy. This makes it difficult for the federal government to pass policies because it seems their are always a few states who re"ect what the federal government does. The separation of powers has made it hard for the federal government to pass public policy simply by making it go through many different levels. 3ne branch can't "ust create a law and have it done easily. It has to be made in congress$ then signed by the president and checked by the supreme court to make sure it is constitutional. !assing through all these steps$ there is something bound to go wrong most of the time. /inaly$ the growth in the number osf interest groups and !acs have made it difficult to pass public policy because the services that the interest groups and !acs provide. 0any of these Interest groups and !acs like to give some politians money and help get them reelected$ so they do not want to go against what the !acs are in favor of. If you have a public policy coming up for vote and you get payed from those who don't like it then of course your going to vote against it because you want to keep getting money from that source. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& !olitical insitutions have challenges and opportunities when it comes to radical minority groups when trying to gain influence. The ).*. electoral system has made it so that those who are running for election want to get the vote of whoever they can get. 0any put laws in favor of minority groups and many put them against. It "ust depends on the party and how you are currently doing in that group of people. The ).*. electoral system has made it so you want the vote of whoever. 0any 4emocratics get support from minorities because they put policies in favor of helping minorities in America. This might sound like the best idea$ but many people don't like

some of those policies and don't want to vote that way. 0any 5epublicans put policies against minorities$ which hurt the minority vote$ but helps get the vote of those who are in favor of those laws. A great deal of politians are "umping obstacles to find the right policies. This presents for some of them either a great deal of obstacles$ but a great opportunty if you find the right policy that can get you the ma"ority of the votes. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& The president has many powers both formal and informal$ while congress only has formal consitutional powers. This contributes to the president's advantage over Congress in conducting forgein policy. *ome of these informal powers of the president include Commander%in%chief and Treaty negotiator while Congress's include declaring war and being made to give its advice to treaties negotiated by the president. The formal powers of the president like Commander%in%Chief gives him control over the ).*. military. This makes it so that he can go into forgien countries and contribute to his control of foriegn policy. Also having the power to negotiate treaties are a direct help to the president controlling foriegn policy by creating demands in the treaty. /ormal powers of Congress include that they are the only ones who can delcare war. .ven though the president is the head of the military$ congress has to ultimate say in whether or not to go to war. Congress is also made to give advice to the president when negotiating a treaty$ whether he listen or not. Informal !owers of the presidnet that give him an advantage over foreign policy include orld leader and !ersonnel recruiter. !ersonal recruiter$ while not directly effecting foriegn policy$ gives the president the power to appoint those who are in favor of his foriegn policies in the future. The orld leader makes it so that many other countries look at the president for advice more than congress. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&