A U.S. House of Representatives member may occasionally vote a certain way on one bill in exchange for a favorable vote on another bill. This process as known as ________________
A) logrolling
B) cloture
C) gerrymandering
D) lobbying
E) overriding a veto
A
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The city of East Cleveland had a municipal ordinance that regulated who could live together as a family in a single-family dwelling unit. Inez Moore, an elderly grandmother, was convicted of violating the ordinance because she had two grandsons who were cousins living in the same house with her, and that living arrangement could not be considered a single family under the definition of family in
the ordinance. She appealed her conviction on constitutional grounds. Which of the following statements is true? a. As long as the ordinance was properly passed by the appropriate legislative body in East Cleveland, the judiciary cannot review her conviction. b. The city's restrictive definition of family may violate Mrs. Moore's substantive due process rights. c. Any rights of the individual with respect to family matters are not expressly included in the Bill of Rights and, as a result, cannot be made a part of due process. d. Such a narrow definition of family is made mandatory under federal statutory law, the primary legislation that regulates family matters.
Which of the following positions are members of the National Security Council under the Obama administration?
a. Secretary of the Treasury b. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs c. Secretary of State d. Vice President e. All of the above are members of the NSC.
The effort to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons includes the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty which
A) ?went into global effect in 1999. B) was ?a major accomplishment for the Clinton administration. C) ?provides for the dismantling of all nuclear weapons worldwide. D) ?was not ratified by the U.S. Senate. E) ?permits crippling sanctions to be issued against a country that tests nuclear weapons.
_________ occurs when the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force intensely competed with each other for resources, control, and preeminence—the ultimate indicators of success and the main tools for building a modern force
a. Intraservice rivalry c. Duplication activities b. Interservice rivalry d. Paradox of American power