The plan sent power and resources back from the federal government to state governments
President Richard Nixon's plan for a new federalism aimed to shift power and responsibilities from the federal government to the states. It sought to decentralize authority and promote greater local control over policies and programs. This plan challenged the traditional perception of a strong, centralized federal government and sought to give states more autonomy in decision-making and implementation.
Nixon adopted the policy of New Federalism with the intent to the reduce the size and scope of the federal government. Richard Nixon was the 37th U.S. President.
Cooperative federalism
Federal and State Governments
The program was designed to send money from the Federal Government to the states.
The national government should return power to the states.
President Reagan
This was called New Federalism. Both President Nixon and President Reagan tried to reduce the powers of the federal government and give these powers back to the state.
FDR
president is a nominal head
His perception was that everybody liked his painting of the president.
Federalism and the federal system define the basic structure of American government. There were many disagreements at the Constitutional Convention. Many delegates feared a national government that was too strong and many delegates feared that states' rights would merely continue the weak form of government under the Articles. The Constitution created a federal system of government (federalism) as a compromise. Under federalism, power is shared and divided between national and state governments. Both levels have their own agencies and officials and directly affect the people. The Founding Fathers really had no other choice except federalism. The weak union created under the Articles would not work yet people did not want to give all the power to a national government. Federalism was the middle ground--compromise--a way to distribute authority between the states and the national government
New Federalism is the transfer of certain powers from the US government back to the individual states. It restores some of the powers lost to states through President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.