Which of the following is not true of legislative committees?
a. They must hold public hearings before reporting legislation out of committee.
b. Each legislative chamber must have its own committees—joint committees composed of legislators from both chambers are not permitted in any state.
c. They can hold bills indefinitely (short of the full legislature's action to discharge them), in effect impounding bills.
d. None of the above
Answer: b
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a. increasing public awareness and the casting of more informed votes in judicial races b. eliminating activist tendencies of elected judges c. increasing the probability of minorities winning judicial elections d. improving public confidence in the impartiality of the judiciary
The __________ was a prominent monetary system for a century before the 1970s in which the value of national currencies was pegged to the value of gold or other
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Impede the negotiating process between nations and ethnic groups that are culturally distant by fostering negative interpretations of motives behind actions that could be viewed as positive developments
Fill in the blank with correct word