What is fire alarm oversight?

What will be an ideal response?


Fire alarm oversight describes how legislators respond to executive branch problems as they arise (e.g., emerging scandal).

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Like other white-collar workers in Texas, many of the state's teachers resist unionization, and many belong to no professional organization

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The first American political parties emerged from the conflict between

A. the older eastern states and the newer western states. B. slave states and free states. C. business and labor. D. small farmers and states' rights advocates, and those favoring commercial and wealthy interests. E. Protestants and Catholics.

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In League of United Latin American Voters v. Perry (2006), the Supreme Court ________ a controversial Texas congressional reapportionment plan that strongly advantaged Republican incumbents

a. upheld b. invalidated c. denied certiorari d. None of the above is true.

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When the legislature makes sure that state agencies are doing what they are charged with by law, it is engaging in __________.

A. representation B. oversight C. interpretation D. enactment

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