Studies of the congressional agenda of the United States demonstrate that it is characterized by an emphasis on
A) legislation concerned with the poor.
B) legislation concerned with immigration.
C) legislation concerned with increasing taxes on the wealthy.
D) business-related legislation.
E) social welfare legislation.
D
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a. Nelson Mandela b. Joseph McCarthy c. Benazir Bhutto d. Huey Long e. Theodore Bilbo
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a. United States b. North Korea c. Russia d. China
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a. insist that their individual representatives be more responsive to local needs b. pay closer attention to what their representatives are doing in Congress c. reward their representatives more for engaging in national lawmaking and less for acts of representation d. give more money to congressional campaigns