Which of the following methods can the U.S Congress use to force states to pass legislation?
a. lobbying the members of the state senate
b. refusing to act on vital issues of concern to the state
c. threatening to withhold federal grants for various programs
d. moving federal courts to impose penalties on non-compliance
Answer: C
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A) regulatory commissions. B) independent agencies. C) cabinets. D) departments. E) government corporations.
The Fair Share program is an effort by the
A) National Organization of Women to renew the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment. B) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to negotiate agreements with businesses to increase minority hiring and the use of minority contractors. C) National Organization of Women to get equal pay for comparable work. D) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to desegregate private clubs. E) American Taxpayers? Union to raise the wages and cut the taxes of lower- and middle-income people.
What do you think is the significance of the “four little elms the city planted by the curb”?
What will be an ideal response?
The Social Security Administration rendering a decision about whether an individual was wrongly denied disability payments illustrates the __________ function of the federal bureaucracy
a. administrative b. quasi-judicial c. accountability d. regulatory