The most recent cabinet department to be established was Homeland Security. What was the very first cabinet department created by Congress?
A) Agriculture
B) Defense
C) War
D) State
E) Treasury
D
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What landmark case resulted in the ability of corporations, unions, and other groups to spend unlimited funds on the support or defeat of particular candidates?
A) McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission B) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission C) McConnell v. Federal Election Commission D) Buckley v. Valeo E) Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.
The view that defense policy protects everyone, and that everyone pays for it typifies defense policymaking as ___________ politics.
A. client B. entrepreneurial C. interest group D. majoritarian E. neo-institutional
In the 1830s, ____ became the device for nominating party candidates for the presidency.
a. state caucuses and conventions b. national conventions c. the direct primary d. the congressional caucus e. the initiative
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Most whistleblowers are supported in their efforts by their co-workers and supervisors. 2. The bureaucracy can be influenced by the president’s power of persuasion. 3. Issue networks and iron triangles describe the same sets of relationships among policy experts. 4. Expert testimony is one of the ways through which Congress exercises bureaucratic oversight. 5. The authors contend that turf jealously is an effective means of providing good public policy.