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Question: Choose one of the three videos for Chapter 12 located in the "Study Resources" and provide a 150-word minimum summary of the video which captures the key points.

2) In your response to a peer, choose an entry that summarized a different video than you did and ask a question that would help deepen your understanding.

Some examples to help: making a comparison (how does ___ compare to___? In response to ____, what should ____do? How does___ relate to what we''ve studied about ____?

00:55 Solve a problem to everyone's satisfaction, but it can be redone. The first step in policy making is to identify the problem and decide who should fix it.

That's not easy. Take poverty. Many people disagree about what causes it. and not everyone thinks government should solve it.

For government to act, people must get the problem on lawmakers policy agenda.

Interest groups, the media, private citizens, and others, push to get some items on the agenda.

01:06 SPEAKER 1 [continued]: A crisis can quickly reach it.

Next, a solution needs to be proposed and approved. :

Lawmakers consider studies, polls, and debates

as they try to balance different political interests into a solution. N

If the policy is approved, it will need funding.

This means vying with other groups for government money or raising taxes.

Various groups then promote ther josas fee Implementing the policy.

Finally, does the policy work? The answer might depend on who evaluates it.
Political interests again can weigh in.

01:38 SPEAKER 1 [continued]: If a policy doesn't work, lawmakers can terminate it or stop funding it,
or citizens can go to court to block a policy that violates constitutional rights, or a policy: can be changed, starting the process all over again, so groups can offer new ideas to solve the same or different problems.

Think about some policies today. Does this process produce the best solutions?  How might you influence it?

02:07 SPEAKER 2: While policymaking is always complex, Texas struggles because of a political culture.

that demands low taxes and a limited government.

This results in low spending and constant claims that programs are underfunded.

To add to the complexity, since the Texas legislature meets only every two years, many policies

Criginate from the governor, otner elected executives, and the bureaucracy.