Author Question: Federalism under the second president Bush was poorly articulated, but actions of his administration ... (Read 31 times)

Chloeellawright · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Federalism under the second president Bush was poorly articulated, but actions of his administration and Congressional Republicans

a. preempted state authority over school testing systems and driver's license procedures, obstructed state lawsthat would permit the medical use of marijuana, imposed burdensome new homeland security requirements,and also imposed expensive Medicaid spending responsibilities on the states.
b. continued to support the practice of state sovereignty in the same manner as President Reagan.
c. rested less on theory and more on mandating programs without providing sufficient funding.
d. were less important because increases in revenues made funding less of an issue.

Question 2

The elimination of large amounts of categorical grants and merging others into block grants during the Reagan Presidency in the 1980s was an example of

a. coercive federalism.
b. new federalism.
c. creative federalism.
d. cooperative federalism.