AP US Government and Politics Quiz
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INTERACTIONS AMONG BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
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After Congress funds clean-water grants, EPA issues detailed rules and inspectors enforce them nationwide. What policymaking role is illustrated?
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The federal courts are creating policy by striking down agency rules and replacing them with judicially crafted nationwide water-quality standards.
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Congress is implementing policy directly by sending legislators to conduct inspections and impose penalties on local water systems without agencies.
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The president is legislating by writing new statutory requirements that automatically bind states, bypassing the need for congressional authorization.
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The bureaucracy is implementing and specifying policy by translating statutory goals into enforceable regulations and day-to-day administrative actions.
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State governments are dominating national policy by nullifying federal grant conditions and substituting their own clean-water priorities nationwide.
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