Today, roughly three percent of all state lawmakers are
a. openly gay or lesbian.
b. millionaires.
c. blind.
d. African American
a
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Which of the following statements more accurately describes the House than the Senate?
a. It focuses on national policy issues rather than local concerns. b. It is dependent on formal rules of debat e. c. It focuses on the grand design of national policy. d. It is so small that the members all know each other. e. Members are more concerned with reelection because they represent entire states
When the Texas governor calls for a special session of the legislature, the agenda for the session is set by the _____
a. legislature b. governor c. lieutenant governor d. speaker of the House e. Supreme Court
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the military tribunals created to try Guantanamo Bay detainees violated both military law and the Geneva Convention?
A) Buckley v Valeo B) Miranda v Arizona C) Hamdan v Rumsfeld D) Marbury v Madison E) Ross v Smith
A member of Congress is planning to support a piece of legislation that is unpopular with her voters. In an effort to build support among her constituents, the member of Congress works to secure federal funding for several projects in her district. In doing so, the member of Congress is employing which strategy?