Organizations within interest groups that collect funds from donor individuals and give them directly to candidates are called

a. independent expenditure committees. 
b. Super PACs. 
c. treasury committees. 
d. PACs.  


d. PACs.  

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A president's approval ratings can be affected by numerous factors. Which of the following statements describes trends in presidential approval?

a. Once a president's approval ratings begin to decline, the trend is irreversible. b. Historically, presidents experience a "honeymoon period" with regard to their ratings. c. Historically, presidents experience higher ratings in their second term. d. Individual events seldom have a noticeable effect on presidential approval ratings.

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Some cities in Texas operate their own electric companies. These cities have the authority to do this because

A) capitalism is a fundamental principal of the Texas Constitution. B) of the emergency powers granted these cities by the Texas Legislature. C) the local governing authority afforded them as home-rule cities. D) of the commerce clause found in Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution. E) such authority is given all city and county governments under the Texas Local Government Code.

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According to Justice Harlan's concurrence in Katz v. United States (1967), the protections of the Fourth Amendment extend to any place or thing in which an individual has a

a. specific property interest. b. reasonable expectation of privacy. c. subjective desire to remain private. d. None of the above.

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