Discuss some of the outside sources of help, information, and research available to members of Congress.  Include both congressional staff and congressional agencies.

What will be an ideal response?


Students' answers may vary.

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a. the question of whether Congress has the power to coerce states by threatening to withhold funds. b. the question of whether Congress can treat states differently than other employers in regards to health insurance. c. the question of whether Congress has the power to "make" people buy health insurance. d. All of the above are true.

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Although the Constitution does not explicitly give Congress the right to enact a military draft, which clause in the Constitution allows Congress to do so?

(A) Necessary and proper clause (B) Take care clause (C) Taxing and spending clause (D) Due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (E) Equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

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Geographical subdivisions known as counties are referred to as ______ in Louisiana.

a. districts b. parishes c. boroughs d. localities

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The Alien and Sedition Acts likely violated the Constitution's prohibitions against __________

a. undemocratic speech b. prior restraint c. seditious speech-- d. hate speech

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