Interest group, political party

____ 1. Be able to define: Interest group, political party and know the differences in the roles they play.

____ 2. Know the types of (special) interest groups and be able to identify some of the more common ones.

____ 3. What benefits to interest groups provide to office holders?

____ 4. Typically, in order to get people to the polls, what methods are generally employed?
____ 5. What device is used by a corporation to may contribute money to a political candidate ?
____ 6. Does Texas have strong or weak parties? Does Texas have strong or weak interest groups? Why?
____ 7. How many senators and how many representatives are in the Texas legislature? How long does each serve?
____ 8. How long are regular sessions of the Texas legislature and during what years are they?
____ 9. Who calls special sessions of the Texas legislature and how long is the maximum they can last?
____ 10. Who was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate in modern times?

____ 11. What is the other job of the “ex officio” president of the Texas Senate?

____ 12. In the Texas House, a committee that considers legislation and recommends whether it should or should not pass is called a(n) (what kind of committee)? Define joint committee, conference committee, standing committee.
____ 13. What is the happens to a bill vetoed by the governor after the legislature has adjourned? So effectively the governor has what power even though not explicitly given?
____ 14. With whom must lobbyists register and make state-required lobbying reports ?
____ 15. How long is the governor of Texas (length of term, number of terms)?
____ 16. Who was the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction ?
____ 17. When are the governor, and other top elected officials in Texas are elected?

____ 18. The governor may not make a vacancy appointment to which position? Even though judges in Texas are elected, when would the governor appoint a judge (under what circumstances) ? Do these events happen often or rarely?
____ 19. Should a hurricane strike Texas, causing loss of life, property damage, and a breakdown of public order, what would be the governor’s most likely immediate response?
____ 20. What is the strongest legislative power of the governor?

____ 21. Why would many people say the Lieutenant Governor position is stronger than the Governor’s position in the state of Texas?
____ 22. If a member of the Texas Transportation Commission or any other state agency has a question concerning the legal responsibilities of his or her office, to whom would he or she turn for advice?
____ 23. State agencies within Texas were created by whom or what document?
____ 24. What is the mission of the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission is to
a. monitor the appropriated spending of each state agency.
b. recommend the merging, abolition, or continuation of state agencies.
c. enforce the Administrative Procedures and Texas Register Act.
d. enforce the Open Meetings and Records Act.
____ 25. Who is the largest single employer in Texas is
____ 26. Decisions by local school boards and superintendents are primarily shaped by what set of rules (local, state or federal)?
____ 27. What agency or branch of government provides a list of approved textbooks for public schools?
____ 28. What is The Lone Star Card ? How does it work?

____ 29. Who regulates electric providers in Texas? (what agency)
____ 30. What does the term deregulation mean?
____ 31. Under what conditions does the Texas Constitution and state law grant the government the authority to take a person’s life, property, and liberty?
____ 32. The term misdemeanor refers to what? How does it differ from a felony?
____ 33. Distinguish between civil and criminal law… be able to define each. Explain the bifurcated Texas court system.

____ 34. When don’t state district courts have civil jurisdiction?
____ 35. Texas is divided into how many appeals court districts?
____ 36. Which of the following courts lacks criminal jurisdiction?
a. State District Courts
b. Texas Supreme Court
c. State Courts of Appeals
d. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
____ 37. What is a lawyer’s compensation based on a percentage of a winning lawsuit is known as? Why is this a good thing for people with low incomes?

____ 38. What is the instrument that formally accuses a person of having committed a high felony and orders that person to trial? What is the difference between a petit jury and and grand jury?

____ 39. What are government decisions regarding revenues, expenditures, and borrowing are referred to as
____ 40. Which group of Texans pays the most in taxes proportional to their income?
____ 41. The most significant, revenue producing, tax in Texas is which tax?
____ 42. The state’s Economic Stabilization Fund is also called what? Under what circumstances would it be used?
____ 43. All education funding in Texas is approximately what percent of state expenditures?
____ 44. What agency or group determines if state agencies have spent public funds in accordance with law?
____ 45. Under the Robin Hood Plan, what is a Chapter 41 school?

____ 46. Which Texas football team that has won the most Super Bowls?

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