Congress finds it difficult to make policy that solves national problems because ______.

a. constituents reward them for taking care of their individual interests
b. they are in debt to special interests
c. government is inefficient
d. they are too interested in scoring political points
e. they do not want the president to get credit for solving problems


a. constituents reward them for taking care of their individual interests

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