Deck 10: Building Family-Focused Policy: the Family Impact Lens Toolkit ; What Policymakers and the Policy Process Are Really Like

Question 1

Policymakers implement the laws and policies set forth by Congress, state legislators, city councilmen, and school board members.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Even though the process from bill to law is not always straightforward, most bills pass through a bill draft, committee hearings, floor debates in the first and second chambers, and executive approval.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Policymaking is considered a rational process because it follows the typical model of decision making.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The role of compromise in policymaking cannot be understated, as it is essential in the process of a bill becoming a law.

Question 5

A Machiavellian is a person who seeks the greater good at all costs.

Question 6

The U.S. Constitution grants state legislatures the power to impose and collect taxes, regulate commerce and immigration, establish post offices, declare ware, and raise and support armies.

Question 7

What are the common steps in the policymaking process that most bills must pass through?

Question 8

Is policymaking a rational process? Define your position.

Question 9

Policymakers implement the laws and policies set forth by Congress, state legislators, city councilmen, and school board members.

Question 10

Even though the process from bill to law is not always straightforward, most bills pass through a bill draft, committee hearings, floor debates in the first and second chambers, and executive approval.

Question 11

The role of compromise in policymaking cannot be understated, as it is essential in the process of a bill becoming a law.

Question 12

The U.S. Constitution grants state legislatures the power to impose and collect taxes, regulate commerce and immigration, establish post offices, declare ware, and raise and support armies.