BP oil spill bibliography

"The Spill." PBS. PBS, 26 Oct. 2010" Web. 17 Mar. 2014.This PBS frontline video illustrates the shortcuts BP has taken in the last ten years and the consequences of that. BP has been cutting budgets since the nineties and as a result they have had multiple disasters such as the Alaska disaster, the huge fire in Texas, the tanker falling over in the gulf and the huge oil spill in the gulf. All of these happened because BP has been cheep and refused to check and repair issues. PBS Frontline is a reliable source and I plan to reuse this source.

Granatstein, Solly. "Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 16 May 2010. Web. 17 Mar. 2014. This 60 minutes video explains the issues and mistakes made that resulted in the deep water horizon rig explosion. A survivor of the explosion tells the story of the explosion and what led up to it. The two weeks before, many mistakes were made that were not reported so as to keep costs down. This is typical of BP. I trust this source it is an informational news chanel that creates movies. Although they may be bias the information is factual and I would not hesitate to reuse this site.

 Krauss, Clifford. "Oil and Gasoline." - Petroleum. The New York Times, 17 Mar. 2014. Web. 17 Mar. 2014. This is a daily update on oil use and oil companies by The New York Times yesterday's update was on how BP's ban in the gulf was lifted and how they plan to attend the auctioning off of new drilling sites next week. This will be the first auction BP attends since their agreement with the environmental protection agency. There have been 3 auctions since BP spilled millions of gallons into the gulf and killed 11 people. This article also goes over previous BP accidents. This is a reliable source and I plan on using it again.

President influence over domestic policy

2008-2)A number of factors enable presidents to exert influence over Congress in the area of domestic policy. However, presidents are also limited in their influence over domestic policy making in Congress.

-The Constitution grants the president certain enumerated powers. Describe two of these formal powers that enable the president to exert influence over domestic policy.

-Choose two of the following. Define each term and explain how each limits the president’s ability to influence domestic policy making in Congress.

*Mandatory spending

*Party polarization

*Lame-duck period

Two of the formal powers that enable the president to exert influence over domestic policy are legislative powers and appointment powers. With legislative powers the president can exercise use of the pocket veto and chooses whether to sign legislation. He also chooses who to appoint to certain offices such as the secretary of state.

Mandatory spending and party polarization limit the presidents ability to influence domestic policy. Mandatory spending is spending not controlled by annual budget decisions. This limits presidential influence by making it difficult to make budget cuts that accomplish policy goals. Party polarization is increased inter party differences. This results in a lack of moderates to build coalitions with and increased party opposition of policy goals. 


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Congressional Reappointment

2008-1) Congressional reapportionment and redistricting are conducted every ten years. When redistricting is conducted, politicians often engage in gerrymandering.
(a) Define congressional reapportionment and explain one reason why it is important to states.
(b) Define congressional redistricting.
(c) Explain two goals of politicians when they gerrymander during redistricting.
(d) Describe two limits that the United State Supreme Court has placed on congressional redistricting.

a) Congressional reapportionment occurs every ten years when the 435 house seats are reevaluated based on the census. It is important to states because as opinions change and numbers of people in states change states want to have a representative congress.
b) Congressional redistricting is when you re draw district lines for the house.
c) Congress gerrymanders during redistricting so as to win certain districts and hold power using packing and cracking and to maintain incumbency.
d) Two limits that the United State Supreme Court has placed on congressional redistricting are they must be equally populated and can not be drawn based on race.


http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap08_us_gopo_q1.pdf