POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I Current Texas Leaders A Running for Governor B Running for Attorney General C Running for Lieutenant Governor II Federalism A Definition of Sovereign B Definition of Dual Federalism C Definition of Layer Cake Federalism D Definition of Cooperative Federalism E Definition of Marble Cake Federalism F Definition of New Federalism G Definition of Block Grants H Definition of Coercive Federalism Outline of Current Lecture I Comptroller II State Land Commissioner III Agriculture Commissioner IV Texas Politics A Morris Sheppard B John Nance Garner C Supremacy Clause D LBJ E Tea Party Current Lecture l Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar R Mike Collier D Deb Shafto Green Ben Sanders Libertarian ll These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute State Land Commissioner George P Bush R John Cook D Valerie Alessi Green Justin Knight Libertarian lll Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller R Jim Hogan D Kenneth Kendrick Green Rocky Palmquist Libertarian lV Texas became the 28th state in 1845 Sam Houston was the most important Texas political figure serving as President of Texas U S Senator and Governor of Texas but he failed to keep Texas in the Union in 1861 In 1912 during the Woodrow Wilson era Texas became really involved in politics A Morris Sheppard was a member of the U S Senate who was a prohibitionist and created the Sheppard Towner Act of 1921 which contributed matching federal funds to states that established prenatal and child health care centers B John Nance Garner served as U S House of Representatives from 1903 1933 He was President Wilson s liaison regarding WWl legislation and helped establish the Federal Reserve System which advanced the power of the national government over state governments C States were restricted in their economic regulations by the U S Constitution s Supremacy Clause which made the Constitution supreme over the laws of states D The New Deal era brought about a new relationship between states and national government in which the national government had broad regulatory powers over the economy and eventually with the presidency of LBJ over protecting civil rights When LBJ started moving too far to the left with his New Deal programs this is when some Texas Democrats became Republicans The major shift occurred in the 1980 s E Then in the 1990 s the Tea Party movement emerged They are non negotiable strict conservatives
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