What is a tool used by members of Congress to add special benefits for their constituency after the budget bill has passed through the appropriations committee?

A. permanent appropriation
B. earmark
C. transfer
D. supplemental appropriation


B. earmark

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A) national supremacy B) state supremacy C) Supreme Court supremacy D) military E) states' rights

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California became the first state to allow transgendered students to choose the __________they wish to join based on their gender identity

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Although interest groups have always been a part of American politics, most groups were formed ________

A) to oppose or support slavery B) immediately following the Civil War C) during the Great Depression D) over the past half century E) during the Obama administration

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A hypothesis:

a. is an uninformed guess about why things happen the way they do. b. is a proposed relationship among variables. c. has one variable. d. has two dependent variables.

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