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sLaLes and Lhe naLlonal governmenL remaln sLaLes and Lhe naLlonal governmenL remaln
supreme wlLhln Lhelr own spheres each supreme wlLhln Lhelr own spheres each
responslble for some pollcles responslble for some pollcles
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uual lederallsm A sysLem ln whlch powers and uual lederallsm A sysLem ln whlch powers and
pollcy asslgnmenLs are shared beLween sLaLes pollcy asslgnmenLs are shared beLween sLaLes
and Lhe naLlonal governmenL 1hey may also and Lhe naLlonal governmenL 1hey may also
share cosLs admlnlsLraLlon and even blame for share cosLs admlnlsLraLlon and even blame for
programs LhaL work poorly programs LhaL work poorly
aLegorlcal CranLs aLegorlcal CranLs
ef|n|t|on ef|n|t|on lederal granLs LhaL can be used only for speclflc lederal granLs LhaL can be used only for speclflc
purposes or caLegorles" of sLaLe and local spendlng 1hey purposes or caLegorles" of sLaLe and local spendlng 1hey
come wlLh sLrlngs aLLached such as nondlscrlmlnaLlon come wlLh sLrlngs aLLached such as nondlscrlmlnaLlon
provlslons ( provlslons (Llneberry Llneberry 86) 86)
Cne Lxamp|e Cne Lxamp|e 1he new PealLhcare 8lll wlll offer granLs Lo 1he new PealLhcare 8lll wlll offer granLs Lo
medlcal schools buL only lf Lhey demonsLraLe a record of medlcal schools buL only lf Lhey demonsLraLe a record of
admlLLlng people from underrepresenLed mlnorlLy groups admlLLlng people from underrepresenLed mlnorlLy groups
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Iormu|a Grants Iormu|a Grants
ef|n|t|on ef|n|t|on lederal caLegorlcal granLs lederal caLegorlcal granLs dlsLlbuLed dlsLlbuLed accordlng Lo accordlng Lo
a formula speclfled ln leglslaLlon or ln admlnlsLraLlve a formula speclfled ln leglslaLlon or ln admlnlsLraLlve
regulaLlons ( regulaLlons (Llneberry Llneberry 87) 87)
Cne Lxamp|e Cne Lxamp|e ongress ls gearlng up for budgeL cuLs ongress ls gearlng up for budgeL cuLs
lncludlng $638 mllllon dollars cuL from u8C formula lncludlng $638 mllllon dollars cuL from u8C formula
granLs for Puu programs granLs for Puu programs
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ef|n|t|on ef|n|t|on lederal granLs glven more or less auLomaLlcally Lo lederal granLs glven more or less auLomaLlcally Lo
sLaLes or communlLles Lo supporL broad programs ln areas sLaLes or communlLles Lo supporL broad programs ln areas
such as communlLy developmenL ( such as communlLy developmenL (Llneberry Llneberry 87) 87)
Cne Lxamp|e Cne Lxamp|e Alabama munlclpallLles mlghL noL be able Lo Alabama munlclpallLles mlghL noL be able Lo
counL on Lhe amounL of money Lhey were expecLlng from counL on Lhe amounL of money Lhey were expecLlng from
Lhe ommunlLy uevelopmenL 8lock CranL program Lhe ommunlLy uevelopmenL 8lock CranL program
followlng Lhe Aprll 27 followlng Lhe Aprll 27
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1ornados 1ornados
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ef|n|t|on ef|n|t|on 1he glvlng of federal funds Lo sLaLes or local 1he glvlng of federal funds Lo sLaLes or local
governmenL Lo subsldlze a publlc pro[ecL ( governmenL Lo subsldlze a publlc pro[ecL (Llneberry Llneberry 87) 87)
Cne Lxamp|e Cne Lxamp|e Conresswoman Conresswoman 1err| A Sewe|| announced 1err| A Sewe|| announced
that over 5S m||||on do||ars w||| go to the |rm|ngham that over 5S m||||on do||ars w||| go to the |rm|ngham
Shutt|esworth Shutt|esworth Internat|ona| A|rport to fund renovat|ons Internat|ona| A|rport to fund renovat|ons
to he|p |ncrease safety and ease of to he|p |ncrease safety and ease of trave||ers trave||ers
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reempt|on reempt|on
ef|n|t|on ef|n|t|on Jhen Lhe lederal governmenL assumes conLrol of Jhen Lhe lederal governmenL assumes conLrol of
a program pollcy or rlghL of a sLaLe ( a program pollcy or rlghL of a sLaLe (Llneberry Llneberry 87) 87)
Cne Lxamp|e Cne Lxamp|e
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,andates ,andates
ef|n|t|on ef|n|t|on equlremenLs LhaL dlrecL sLaLes or local equlremenLs LhaL dlrecL sLaLes or local
governmenLs Lo comply wlLh governmenLs Lo comply wlLh rederal rederal rules under LhreaL of rules under LhreaL of
penalLles or as a condlLlon of penalLles or as a condlLlon of reclepL reclepL of a federal granL of a federal granL
( (Llneberry Llneberry 88) 88)
Cne Lxamp|e 1he epartment of nome|and Secur|ty |s Cne Lxamp|e 1he epartment of nome|and Secur|ty |s
requ|r|ng a|| states to fo||ow requ|r|ng a|| states to fo||ow ru|es for ru|es for
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