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Assuming cyber, WMD, and small boats pose threat #1, #2, and #3, what would be maritime threat number 4? Why did you pick this one and what can the on-going public-private security regime do to address it? This of this

  For our final assignment of the semester, write an essay about the five bills you’ve been tracking all semester.  Discuss the progress and current status of each one, and what you’ve learned about each one. If there were hearings,

  Texas Budget Assignment Last year, Texas legislators approved a $251 billion biennial budget to fund our state government for the next two years. Amazingly, Greg Abbott did not issue a single line-item veto – the first governor since Allan

  Criminal Justice in Texas Assignment What happens to convicted criminals after they’ve “paid their debt to society?” Go to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s website:  You have to pay money to look at a lot of their criminal

 In light of the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling campaign finance reform has becoming increasingly debated in American society. Would it be better to have publicly financed federal campaigns? Why/Why not? In the current system, where individuals and political action

  Public Policy – Housing Stability Before anyone had heard of COVID-19, Texas already had a housing affordability problem. The cost of housing has risen steady over the past three decades while wages for low-skill and unskilled workers have been

Should individual states have more or less power compared to the federal government when implementing laws dealing with the topics of the legalization of marijuana or gun regulation? Pick only one of the topics, legalization of marijuana or gun regulation,

discuss the various pathways interest groups use to influence politics and policy in the U.S. Discuss three way interest groups influence government.  What are these methods, how do they work, and why are they effective at influencing government. discuss the

  Select a state regulation from a state of your choice on one of the below topics. Prepare an annotated copy of the regulation, including the sections you reviewed to answer the questions in the following format:  Prepare a three (3)

  Paper must be double spaced, with one inch margins, 12 point font and include section headers for each of the paper sections noted below (Effective Campaign Issues, Summary of Formal and Informal Powers, Formal Powers Applied to Issues, Informal Powers