Beginning with the presidential elections of 2000, the term red state has been used to describe a state in the United States whose citizens primarily vote for _____.
A. the Democratic Party
B. the Republican Party
C. the Green Party
D. the Libertarian Party
E. the American Independent Party
Answer: B
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A. ability to draft an executive budget B. the ability to propose new taxes to raise revenue C. authority to implement programs funded by the state budget D. the line-item veto to eliminate funding lines in appropriation bills E. All of these answers are correct.
The Supreme Court decided in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) that
a. states could tax the federal government if such action was not onerous. b. the national government's power to establish a bank was implied by the Constitution. c. the federal government depended upon the will of the states. d. the Constitution's "necessary and proper" clause left police powers to the states.