Explain how seniority impacts the committee system.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. By the unwritten rule of seniority, the chair of any committee is typically the majority party member who has served longest (consecutively) on the committee. Additionally, party leaders must "OK" a given appointment.
2. The majority party effectively controls chairmanship of committees. This is important as it provides the majority party with agenda control.
3. Chairmen hire majority party committee staff, schedule committee meetings and agenda, have a say in the appointment of new members to their committees, and usually can kill legislation they oppose.
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Which of the following is NOT true of the U.S. government under the Constitution?
A) Congress has the power to levy taxes. B) States are prohibited from coining money. C) States cannot regulate interstate commerce without the consent of Congress. D) The executive branch has the power to establish lower federal courts. E) An independently elected president holds executive power.
The major difficulty in building a fission weapon is that __________.
A. the weapon is too technologically complex for most states to build B. large amounts of fissionable material are required C. fissionable material is difficult to acquire D. fission occurs only at extreme temperatures
A major difference between differential and experimental research is that,
A) In experimental research, the independent variable is not manipulated. B) In differential research, the independent variable is manipulated. C) In differential research, only the dependent variable is manipulated. D) In experimental research, the independent variable is manipulated.
A system of government in which a small group of people exercise control over the masses is referred to as a(an)
a. democracy. b. polity. c. oligarchy. d. monarchy. e. none of the above.