To insulate one house of Congress from popular pressures and make it a seat of deliberation and reflection, the framers of the Constitution set the terms of the members of the Senate at __________
a. four years, with one-third of the seats up for election in each two-year election cycle
b. four years, with two-thirds of the seats up for election in each two-year election cycle
c. six years, with one-third of the seats up for election in each two-year election cycle
d. six years, with two-thirds of the seats up for election in each two-year election cycle
c
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Military seizures of power (coup d'etats) happened in all of the following places EXCEPT
a. Egypt. b. Thailand. c. Poland. d. Guinea. e. Mauritania.
Why are values such a sticky subject?
What will be an ideal response?
Examinations for particular jobs were required under the
a. Administrative Procedure Act. b. independent regulatory commission on human resources. c. Pendleton Act. d. Hatch Act. e. Congressional Reform Act.
Parties and interest groups
A) determine which issues are on the policy agenda. B) are not particularly interested in the policy agenda. C) work hard to get the issues they want on the policy agenda. D) have no effect on the policy agenda. E) determine the congressional agenda.