How do the public’s expectations differ for individual members compared to Congress as a whole?

What will be an ideal response?


From Congress as a whole, the public expects answers to the nation’s problems developed in an open and fair policy process. In contrast, when assessing their own personal member of Congress, voters consider policy but also service to the district, communication, and home style.

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Which of the following executives is NOT appointed by the governor?

A) Texas attorney general B) adjutant general of Texas Military Forces C) Texas secretary of state D) director of Office of State-Federal Relations

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The electoral college provides for each state to cast _____ electoral vote(s) for each senator and representative it has

A) two B) one C) ten D) four E) seven

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Homer Plessy attempted to challenge Louisiana’s racial segregation policies by

a. refusing to move from a “whites-only” Louisiana train car. b. sitting on the ground floor of a public theater, instead of in the balcony. c. sending his daughter for treatment to a superior “whites–only” hospital. d. refusing to sit at the back of a New Orleans streetcar. e. sitting in at a “whites-only” restaurant.

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