The Office of Management and Budget is one of the most powerful agencies in Washington because it
A) audits the workings of the IRS to ensure fiscal responsibility.
B) appropriates funds to other departments and agencies.
C) oversees the operation of the executive branch and the bureaucracy.
D) assists in the preparation of the federal budget and monitors federal agencies throughout the year.
E) authorizes all budget resolutions and guides the budget through approval in Congress.
D
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Which of the following best represents the ideas of John Locke?
a. Meaningful freedom could not exist without written laws. b. The rule of law was unacceptable because it suppressed individual freedoms. c. Government must be free to function without restrictions. d. The seventeenth century saw limited advances in the rule of law. e. Reason is always influenced by passion.
The Republican Party became more coherently conservative under the leadership of __________
a. Dwight D. Eisenhower b. Gerald Ford c. Richard Nixon d. Ronald Reagan
n ______, Congress approved the Food Safety Modernization Act to ensure that the U.S. food supply is safe.
A. 2000 B. 2005 C. 2010 D. 2015
Most bills that are passed in the Texas legislature
A. are passed in the last two weeks of a session. B. are later killed in committee. C. are subject to formal rules but not informal rules. D. are revenue bills.