HP 609 Week 8 Assignment 1: State and Federal Government

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Massachusetts Governor: Charlie Baker

Governor Baker has served as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts since January 8, 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. Before becoming governor, Baker was a cabinet official under two Massachusetts governors of and served as CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care for ten years.

Lt. Governor: Karyn Polito

Polito is the 72nd Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who was sworn in on January 3, 2019. During her first term she focused on moving Massachusetts forward through bipartisan, results-driven leadership.

Attorney General: Maura Healey

Maura Tracy Healey is a civil rights attorney that is dedicated to equal treatment for all residents. She is a politician with the Democratic Party. Using her office, she started the Community Engagement which advocates for initiation of various policies.

State Representative

MA Senator

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Ann Warren is a politician and former law professor who has been serving as senator since 2013. A Democratic regarded as a progressive, focused on consumer protection, economic opportunity, and the social safety net while in the Senate. She was a presidential candidate for the Democratic party primaries.

Edward Markey

Markey served in the United States Army Reserve from 1968 to 1973, attaining the rank of Specialist Fourth Class. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he represented the 16th Middlesex district (Malden and Melrose) and 26th Middlesex district from 1973 to 1976. In 2019, Markey received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Tufts University.

Members of Congress: 

6th district: Seth Moulton

Moulton is my representative in the 6^th district. Moulton is a Democrat, a veteran who led the frontline infantry in Baghdad. Served as

liaison to senior Iraqi military members and political leaders for General Petraeus. Between 2003 and 2008. Was named most effective freshman Democrat in his first term of service.

The commonwealth government is made up of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary branches.  These branches are further divided whereby the governor is overall leader of the commonwealth. After the governor comes the lieutenant governor, state secretary and attorney general (AG). Beacon Hill is the state house of the commonwealth of Massachusetts. These top leaders served for four years. Massachusetts has two senators, senior senator being Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey is junior senator and nine members of house of representatives.

The Executive council consists of eight members who hold two-year terms. These members each have different roles. However, some of these roles include confirmation of some judges, gubernational appointments and approving of warrants.

The legislative branch deals with pending laws. Bills and petitions must go through the legislative branch where they are registered in the docket register before they are submitted to the senate. These bills and petitions are then numbered and sent to appropriate departments. This branch has forty senate members and a hundred and sixty house of representative members.

Judicial branches are divided into the supreme judicial court, Appeals court, and Trial court. The supreme judicial court is the highest of all courts and can advise the government on legal matters. The other courts fellow below the supreme court.

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

Welcome to class

Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

If you think you would be needing accommodations due to any reasons, please contact the appropriate department to request accommodations.

Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
• Here are some helpful links
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References

Home: U.S. Congressman Seth Moulton. Home | U.S. Congressman Seth Moulton. (n.d.). https://moulton.house.gov/.

Mass.gov. (n.d.). https://www.mass.gov/.

Maura Healey, Attorney General. Mass.gov. (n.d.). https://www.mass.gov/person/maura-healey-attorney-general.

Office of Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. Mass.gov. (n.d.). https://www.mass.gov/orgs/office-of-the-governor.

Massachusetts Legislature Homepage. The 192nd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (n.d.). https://malegislature.gov/.