The+Weaker+Party

= Kevin Jefferies = =Government Instructor = **Alvin Community College**

Office Phone: 281-756-3736 Office Number: D-257 [|BlackBoard].

- HCC Students click here for class info.

= Here are the sections for GOVT 2305 = The ones listed in the syllabus may be a little different.

- Why do I have to take this class??? - Defining Key Terms. - Ideology - What is Government for anyway? - Public Policy and Sub Governments - Natural Rights, Separated Powers, and the Declaration of Independence. - Federalist 10 and the Republic. - Federalist 51 and the Separation of Powers. - Federalist 45 and Federalism - Federalist 84, Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights. - Religious Liberty: The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses. - The Due Process of the Law - The Legislature: Definition and Historical Background. - The Legislature: Constitutional Design. - The United States Budget. - Parties and Committees in Congress - The Executive: Definition and Historical Background - The Executive: Constitutional Design - Presidential Power and the Bureaucracy. - The Presidency - The Judiciary: Definition and Historical Background. - The Judiciary: Constitutional Design. - The Evolution of Judicial Review - The Federal Courts. - Procedure and Opinion Making in the Supreme Court - Elections. - Campaigning - Running for Office - Money in US Politics. - Voting Turnout and Voting Behavior - Campaign Finance and the Federal Election Commission <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- The Freedom to Peacefully Assemble - Party Eras. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Interests Groups. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- The Freedom to Petition Government for a Redress of Grievances - Lobbying and the Revolving Door <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Social Welfare Policymaking <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Foreign Policymaking <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Economic Policy Making - The Development of the Freedom of Speech - Free Speech and the Supreme Court - Public Opinion and Polling - Free Press and the Supreme Court <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Freedom of the Press - The Media - Manipulating the Press and Opinion
 * - ** The United States Constitution.
 * - ** Civil Rights and The Equal Protection Clause.
 * - ** Political Parties.

=Here are the sections for GOVT 2306= The ones listed in the syllabus may be a little different.

- Why do you have to take this class? - Defining Key Terms - Federalism - Nations, States, and Local Governments - Federalism - Federalism in the United States Constitution - Federalism - The Stages of Federalism - Texas within the National Political Landscape: Political Culture - Alvin, Houston and cities within the National Governing Landscape: Federalism - The Texas Declaration of Independence - State Constitutions and the Texas Constitution - Article One: The Texas Bill of Rights - Articles Nine and Eleven: Local Governments in Texas - Article Two - The Separated Powers - State and Local Legislative Branches - Article Three: The Texas Legislature - House and Senate Rules - Bill Making in the Texas Legislature - Local City Councils - State and Local Executive Branches - Article Four: The Texas Legislature - The Texas Bureaucracy - Local Executives - State and Local Judicial Branches - Article Five: The Texas Judiciary - The Texas Criminal Justice System - The Local Judiciary - State and Local Elections. - Managing Elections in Texas - Article Six: Suffrage in Texas - Municipal and County Elections - Political Parties in Texas - Statutory Code on Political Parties. - The Transition from Democratic to Republican Control in Texas. - Parties in the Texas Legislature. - Temporary and Permanent Party Organization - Voting and Campaigns - Interest Groups in Texas. - State Public Policy Making - Local Public Policy Making - The Texas Budget and the Budgeting Process - Local Budgeting - The Fiscal Size Up - Article Eight: Taxes in Texas - Texas Economic Policy Making - Education Policy - Health and Human Services - Public Opinion in Texas - The Media in Texas

For HCC classes:

- Click here for information for the HCC fall 2017 classes.

- HCC Summer Two 2017 - GOVT 2306 - 101 - 12607. - HCC Summer One 2017 - GOVT 2305 - 002 - 12432. - Click here for HCC GOVT 2306 - 0013 - 11374 - MW 2 - 330pm. - Click here for HCC GOVT 2306 - 0039 - 13739 - MW 5 - 7pm. - Click here for HCC GOVT 2306 - 0015 - 16072 TTH 6 - 8pm. - Click here HCC GOVT 2305-0061 TTH 530 - 7pm. - Click here HCC GOVT 2305-0050 TTH 2-5pm.