Research the background of your Congressional representatives based on your address listed with CU

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Location needed for this is Sandy Creek, New York.

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

  • Textbook: Chapters 5
  • Lesson
  • APA style manual
  • Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (Links to an external site.)
  • Library Overview (Links to an external site.)
  • How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab (Links to an external site.)
  • Two additional sources beyond those provided

Instructions
Research the background of your Congressional representatives based on your address listed with CU – two senators and a member of the House of Representatives. Find out about their previous occupation(s), political experience, family, income, education, and other relevant demographics. What percentage of the vote did they receive to win in their last election? What are two policy issues areas they are interested in? How do these areas reflect their ideologies?

Here is a link to get your started:

  • https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Write an essay. Start by identifying all three of your representatives. Then, pick the representative you are most interested in and explain why they interest you. Present the information you found in your research required above in the essay.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

  • Length: 4 full pages (not including title page or references page)
  • 1-inch margins
  • Double spaced
  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • Title page
  • References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources beyond those provided)
  • Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (Links to an external site.)
  • Library Overview (Links to an external site.)
  • How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab (Links to an external site.)

Grading
This activity will be graded using the Assignment #3 Grading Rubric.

Course Outcomes (CO): 2, 3

Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

Determine whether your selected agency should privatize its services.

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Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Determine whether your selected agency should have union representation. Defend your position with at least two reasons. (Title this section “The Agency and Unions”)
  2. Determine whether your selected agency should privatize its services. Defend your position with at least two (2) reasons. (Title this section “The Agency and Privatization”)
  3. Analyze at least two (2) of the agency’s policies, procedures, and / or plans regarding pensions. (Title this section “Employee Pension Plans”)
  4. Recommend at least three (3) actions the agency could take to improve in the areas of productivity and performance evaluation. (Title this section “Recommendations for Improving Productivity and Performance Evaluation”)
  5. Appropriately incorporate at least four (4) quality sources. A quality source can be either popular, such as a news article, or scholarly, such as peer reviewed works. In the case of public administration, government websites are appropriate quality resources. Note: Wikipedia, SparkNotes, and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

How does a shift in the political environment affect administrative agencies? Is this a good thing? Why or why not?

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Read Chapter 2.  Post a persuasive statement ( 400 words) regarding one of the issues listed below.  Respond to at least two other posts (at least 150 words each) on any of the following topics.

1) Did the Supreme Court get INS. v. Chada right?  You may use any appropriate source, including, but not limited to:  https://www.oyez.org/cases/1981/80-1832

2) Research Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988).  Although Justice Scalia was on the loosing side of this case (a 7-1 vote), his dissent is widely known.  Critique Justice Scalia’s position.  Did he get it right?  Why or why not?  Resources regarding this case can be found at the link below (written and audio).  You can also use any other appropriate resource. : https://www.oyez.org/cases/1987/87-1279

3) How does a shift in the political environment affect administrative agencies?  Is this a good thing? Why or why not?

4) Distinguish the legislative veto from the process provided in the Congressional Review Act (CRA).  Should a reviewing court find the CRA unconstitutional using an analysis similar to that articulated in Chada case?    Why or why not?

Why is Communism considered a dying ideology?

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Note 2 political actions that are in line with Socialism and explain why and how they relate to the concepts attached to this ideology. List your sources.

2- Answer the questions below. List your source(s) for all your answers:

A) Why is Communism considered a dying ideology? Provide 2 arguments to support your answer.

B) Has Communism ever existed in practice? Use one example to support your answer.

800 words maximum