What mechanisms allow Congress to fund the government for short periods of time in instances where it is unable to pass a budget for an entire year?

a. black budgets
b. continuing resolutions
c. cloture motions
d. sequestration


b. continuing resolutions

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An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire over the course of their lifetime is known as what?

a. party identification b. voter identity c. electoral socialization d. platform identification

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Joshua Meyrowitz concludes that “familiarity fostered by electronic media all too easily breeds

a. demagogic leadership.” b. passive citizens.” c. contempt.” d. groupthink.”

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Identify and briefly describe the variety of strategies available to developing countries that choose to pursue an economic growth/industrialization path. Define the conditions that apparently need to be in place for this development process to happen. Analyze the structure, process, and feasibility of economic development in the twenty-first century.

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is true of a governor's personal staff?

A. They are permanent employees of the state. B. They are subject to removal only by the legislature. C. Their job depends on their value to the governor. D. They are career civil servants.

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