The challenges that spurred members to develop the modern Congress fall into two classes: problems besetting the House and Senate as organizations and problems arising from ______.
A. reducing the scope of areas in which Congress passes laws or sets policies
B. the competing individual and collective needs of members
C. allocating more complex policy issues solely to the more experienced Senate for resolution
D. abdicating responsibility for policy to the bureaucracy and letting the states take over
Answer: B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Educational institutions have long dominated interest-group activity in American politics
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
State legislatures have been often criticized for
A) exercising too much power in the regulation of interstate commerce. B) their handling of foreign trade. C) being unprofessional and ineffective. D) refusing to consider trivial legislation. E) ignoring the interests of lobbyists.