The 2011 congressional hearings on whether a federal program allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels are an example of
A. gerrymandering.
B. congressional review.
C. oversight.
D. standing reports.
E. cloture.
Answer: C. oversight.
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President Obama appointed
A. Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, to replace Justices Souter and Stevens. B. the first Hispanic member of the Supreme Court. C. the first African American member of the Supreme Court. D. Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, to replace Justices Souter and Stevens, and the first Hispanic member of the Supreme Court. E. Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, to replace Justices Souter and Stevens, and the first African American member of the Supreme Court.
The conservative coalition was introduced into politics during which time period, when there was a split between Northern liberals and Southern conservatives?
A. 1890s B. 1920s C. 1950s and 1960s D. 1980s and 1990s E. 2010s
In the current American context, a liberal would tend to promote
A) economic equality ahead of freedom, and freedom ahead of social order. B) freedom ahead of economic equality, and social order ahead of freedom. C) freedom ahead of both economic equality and social order. D) both economic equality and social order ahead of freedom. E) business and government policy ahead of social order.
The New Public Management movement sought to ______.
A. introduce market-based principles B. increase citizen engagement C. increase the size of government D. decrease satisfaction with government services