An agency's effort to avoid OMB controls by appealing to its allies in Congress is called

A) an earmark. B) an end run. C) an iron triangle.
D) patronage. E) the spoils system.


B

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A. They are the engines of growth. B. They require strong property rights. C. They require state ownership of means of production. D. They require a market economy.

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Our legislative branch consists of two chambers: the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This arrangement is referred to as

a. congressional redistricting. b. congressional reapportionment. c. the system of checks and balances. d. pro tempore. e. a bicameral legislature.

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Which specific part of the 1st Amendment guarantees the right of a citizen to lobby?

a. the Establishment Clause b. the Free Exercise Clause c. the Free Press Clause d. the Redress of Grievances Clause

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Which of these great thinkers is generally held to have been most influential in the later emergence of Social Constructivism thought?

Karl Marx Thomas Hobbes Max Weber Hugo Grotius

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