Vincennes University

AGBS 434

Chapter 3

1)Social conservatives want more government.

2. Declining farm numbers means that agriculture’s political power has declined.

3. The American Farm Bureau Federation is a power cluster

4. The budget committees decide how much money USDA has to spend.

5. Policy kingmakers are generally visible leaders.

6. Agricultural policy has its roots in Hamiltonian agrarian democracy, but at times has taken on authoritative Jeffersonian attributes.

7. There is a Democrat and Republican power cluster.

8. The agriculture committees fund farm programs.

9. Kingmakers are flexible.

10. Effective power clusters are typically bipartisan.

11. The old agricultural establishment was dominated by agribusiness.

12. Kingmaker status is hereditary.

13. Agriculture and food policy is made by the agriculture and food power cluster

14. Social liberals want less government.

15. Differences in facts and myths require that policy be developed through consensus and compromise.

16. Agricultural policy has its roots in Hamiltonian democracy

17. Most people are either consistently conservative or liberal on policy issues.

18. If Congress authorizes legislation, it is obligated to fund it.

19. The key to influencing Congress is to concentrate on knowing the members

20. Farm organizations are most effective when they team up with other organizations that have similar views on the role of government.