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Public Policy Matrix |
What's the problem? • What's the solution?
LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION
Legislative Process • Influences on Legislators
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
SOLUTION
Executive Branch Options • Influences on Executive Branch
MONITORING THE
RESULT
NOTE: sources marked with an asterisk (*) are available to St. Mary's community members only.
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| What's The Problem? |
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| Newspaper Articles |
Individual newspapers directly (free registration may be required): |
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| Television | ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, C-Span | Books | Library Catalog | |
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| Statistics | Government Statistics Sources | |||
| Executive Agency Reports | Fed Web Sites and Google USgov | |||
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| Personal Experience | Reflection and Interviews | |||
| What Are the Solutions? |
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| Journal/Newspaper Articles | see list of links at top of the matrix | |||
| Congressional Hearings |
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| Federal and State Bills | Guide to Law Online |
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| Federal and State Proposed Regulations | ||||
Legislative Process Legislative Process |
1. Bill Introduced into House or Senate |
Types of bills: H.R./S. or S.J.Res./H.J.Res can become law; |
GPO Bills Glossary explains types and abbreviations |
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| 2. Committee Referral | Name of Committee | THOMAS (by bill number) | ||
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| Committee Prints |
Some are available on: |
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| CRS Reports | Most comprehensive collection is at Univ. of North Texas; many are also in our Library Catalog | |||
| Committee Hearings | ||||
| Committee Reports | GPO Access and Library Catalog | |||
| 3. Floor Action | Calendar | Floor Calendars and THOMAS | ||
| Debate |
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| Roll Call Votes | ||||
| 4. Procedure Repeated in Second Chamber | IF bill goes from one chamber to another | Bill keeps original number in both houses. Procedures and sources are repeated as above; if passed, goes to President | ||
| IF bills introduced in both houses | Bills traced separately as above; one bill substituted for another under Floor Action; if passed, goes to President | |||
| IF disagreement in versions of bill | Conference committee called; no hearings; committee markup/vote/report; continues with Floor Action; if passed, goes to President | |||
| 5. President | IF vetoed, veto message plus goes back to Congress for an override | Vetoes: Override Debate:
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| IF pocket vetoed, bill dies | THOMAS and *CQ Weekly (online through various databases) as well as other news sources | |||
| IF signed, becomes law | See legal sources below | |||
| IF not signed in 10 days and Congress in session, becomes law | See legal sources below | |||
| 6. Law Issued | New Laws | |||
| United States Code | ||||
| 7. Regulations Issued by Executive Branch | Federal Register (proposed and new) | |||
| Code of Federal Regulations | ||||
Who is Influencing Congress? |
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Journal and Newspaper Articles | see list of links at top of the matrix | |
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Political Parties |
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Colleagues |
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Congressional Hearings ( Lobby Group and Executive Branch Testimony) | Committee Web Sites and GPO Access; also in Library Catalog | ||
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Interest Groups |
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Campaign Finances | |||
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Executive Branch Solutions |
Solution Options | Overview | Journals | see list of links at top of the matrix |
| Internal Change | Program or Internal Procedure | Federal Agency Web Sites and Administrative Decisions by Agency (from Univ. of Va.) | ||
| New Regulation | May be required by law or discretionary | United Agenda (reg plans) and
Federal Register |
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| Seek New Law | Congressional Hearings | Committee Web Sites and GPO Access; also in Library Catalog | ||
| Budget Request | Submitted to President and President to Congress | |||
| Grants | Overall Funding Must Be Approved by Congress | |||
| Who is Influencing the Executive Branch? | Journal and Newspaper Articles | see list of links at top of the matrix | ||
| Executive Agency Staff | ||||
| President | ||||
| Budget | ||||
| Interest Groups |
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| Presidential Campaign Finances | ||||
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| Monitoring Solutions | |
Journal and Newspaper Articles |
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| Congressional Hearings (oversight) | Committee Web Sites and GPO Access; also in Library Catalog | |||
| General Accounting Office Reports | GAO Reports and Library Catalog | |||
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| Statistics | Government Statistics Sources | |||