Being that it is Women’s History Month, how have women’s rights changed since the Renaissance? Are there still some aspects of women’s rights that reflect concepts in the quotes you’ve read for today?

The president's only official legislative duty is to sign or veto bills.

An informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.