The __________ is a result of the Cold War when __________
A) national debt; entitlement spending increased rapidly
B) Department of Homeland Security; the need for a unified security structure became apparent
C) Central Intelligence Agency; the National Security Council ceased to function
D) military-industrial complex; defense budgets rose to as much as 40 percent of federal spending?
E) military-industrial complex; the military was privatized in opposition to socialism
D
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Judicial decision making differs from legislative and executive decision making in all of the following ways EXCEPT ________
A. courts must wait until a case is brought before them before making any policy decision B. courts rarely make comprehensive policy pronouncements C. courts are rarely seen as objective, lending higher prestige to the other two branches D. interest groups can access the court only through legal procedures, whereas other informal tactics are at their disposal in the legislative and executive branches
__________ are laws that focus on how much energy is needed and used
A) Consumption indexes B) Energy policies C) Energy requirements D) Fuel ratios E) Statutes of consumption
The Twenty-seventh Amendment was ratified in 1992 and prohibited Congress from voting itself a pay raise; the amendment provides that any vote to increase congressional salaries cannot take effect until after the next Congress is elected
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Iran-contra affair in the 1980s brought disclosures of a secret foreign policy conducted from the White House, a policy that circumvented laws enacted by Congress. Under whose administration did this occur?
A) President Ford B) President Carter C) President Reagan D) President Bush E) President Clinton