In 2003, the Texas legislature passed a bill that amended which ethics law in the state?
a. Candidates for public office are required to publicly disclose cash balances in their campaign accounts and report the employer and occupation of large donors.
b. Legislators who are lawyers must disclose when they are being paid to try to delay trials during a legislative session and their referral fees.
c. Candidates must file campaign finance reports via the Internet unless they raise or spend less than $2,000 a year and do not use a computer to keep their records.
d. Local officials in cities of more than 100,000 population and school districts with more than 5,000 students must file personal financial statements like those filed by other state officials.
e. All of the these laws were amended by the legislature.
e
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a. to provide educational content about the government b. to make additional money for the government through advertising c. to provide an outlet for liberal views d. to provide noncommercial high quality programs
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A. clout B. arbitration C. bargaining D. representativeness
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a. political culture b. ideologies c. public opinion d. public policy
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a. Presidents are delegating too many constitutional powers to Congress, thus weakening their own institutional powers. b. Presidents get the "last-mover" advantage, which increases their institutional power. c. Presidents are increasingly institutionally powerful because they have more legal ability to act unilaterally. d. Presidents' recent uses of executive orders and agreements have been ruled unconstitutional, decreasing the institutional power of presidents.