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AP US Government

Category - Public Policy

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Suppose Senator Knowsome is convinced that the US needs to outlaw hamburgers because too many Americans are becoming obese. He makes a speech on the floor of the Senate explaining the need to ban hamburgers. What stage of the policymaking cycle is this an example of?
  1. Agenda setting
  2. Policy formulation
  3. Implementation
  4. Policy evaluation
  5. Policy regression
Explanation
Answer: A - When you first identify a problem and bring it to public or governmental attention, you are participating in the agenda setting stage of the policymaking cycle. This is the first stage in the policymaking cycle-identifying a problem that you are trying to solve. There are many problems that never get on the agenda, generally because the government does not really see it as either serious or addressing that problem as part of the government’s job.
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