What is the effect of the unanimous consent rule in the Senate?
a. Business in the Senate is efficient and collegial.
b. A single senator can block the business of the Senate.
c. Bills involving the U.S. budget cannot be filibustered
d. Quorum is not needed to pass legislation.
b
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The term "rent" refers to
a. extremely high profits earned by state-owned enterprises. b. prices state-owned enterprises pay to lease buildings or to buy scarce natural resources. c. prices the owners of privatized companies must pay for scarce natural resources. d. artificially high revenues derived from scarce natural resources or protection from competition.
The principle that the Supreme Court used in overturning Fulton's monopoly on a New York steamboat operation was that
A. a monopoly is a restraint on trade. B. patents cannot be issued on recent technology. C. state law cannot prevail over federal law. D. interstate commerce cannot be regulated. E. the indirect effects of commerce are beyond the scope of government regulation.
The position of president pro tempore in the Senate is usually held by the senator with seniority, and is a position of great influence
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The ________ theorists argue that the power of the few is fortified by an extensive system of interlocking directorates, and that wealthy corporations prevail when it comes to major decisions by government.
A) pluralist B) hyperpluralist C) elitist D) hyperelitist E) pyramid