Politics Review Volume 23, Number 4, 2014: Is Congress the branch’? ‘broken Rowena Hammal and Andy Baker 6 A US pressure groups (): Students should Students should understand the role Chapter 4: ‘Pressure understand what that PAC’s and PAC’s play in groups’ in A2 US role and significance of Political political action electoral finance. Students should Government and Actions Committees and Super committees are and distinguish between and Politics by Anthony J ‘hard’ ‘soft’ PAC’s regarding electoral their significance on US money by using recent examples. Bennett finance elections. Students should consider the Chapter 13: significance of PACs. Students should finish Interests: ‘Organized study of US The Real Power?’ in pressure groups by American Politics practicing a 9 mark and Society by David past paper question. McKay (2017: 9th Edition) Politics Review Volume 23, Number 1, September 2013: PACs. Andrew Colclough 6 B The legislative branch of Students should Students should identify the checks Chapter 5: government Congress (): evaluate the extent to that Congress places on the executive in A2 US – ‘Congress’ which Congress and Supreme Court. In particular, Government and relationship of Congress to the effectively performs its students should consider the ability of Politics by Anthony J executive branch of government role of scrutinizing the Congress to affect foreign policy and Bennett and the supreme court executive. challenge a recent increase in
Politics Review Volume 23, Number 4, 2014: Is Congress the ‘broken branch’? Rowena Hammal and Andy Baker 6 A US pressure groups (): role and significance of Political Actions Committees and Super PAC’s regarding electoral finance Students should understand what political action committees are and their significance on US elections. Students should finish study of US pressure groups by practicing a 9 mark past paper question. Students should understand the role that PAC’s and PAC’s play in electoral finance. Students should distinguish between ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ money by using recent examples. Students should consider the significance of PACs. Chapter 4: ‘Pressure groups’ in A2 US Government and Politics by Anthony J Bennett Chapter 13: ‘Organized Interests: The Real Power?’ in American Politics and Society by David McKay (2017: 9th Edition) Politics Review Volume 23, Number 1, September 2013: PACs. Andrew Colclough 6 B The legislative branch of government – Congress (): relationship of Congress to the executive branch of government and the supreme court Students should evaluate the extent to which Congress effectively performs its role of scrutinizing the executive. Students should identify the checks that Congress places on the executive and Supreme Court. In particular, students should consider the ability of Congress to affect foreign policy and challenge a recent increase in Chapter 5: ‘Congress’ in A2 US Government and Politics by Anthony J Bennett
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