Defining for the public the relative importance of an issue through the amount and prominence of coverage it receives is referred to as ______.
A. agenda-setting capacity
B. revolving door
C. liberal bias
D. muckraking
Ans: A. agenda-setting capacity
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a. mostly poor b. quite stable c. mostly white d. little corruption
Appropriations of funds by congressional legislators for projects in their districts are known as
A. earmarks. B. block grants. C. categorical block grants. D. pork barrel. E. preferred bills.
Committees and subcommittees of both houses of Congress frequently hold hearings on proposed legislation (bills) and other subjects within the scope of those committees. These hearings ______.
A. represent an opportunity to work through each section of the bill and rewrite to attract majority support B. are governed by strict rules limiting which amendments members are allowed to offer C. provide an opportunity to make a record for a particular proposal, evaluate how well a program is working, or simply to generate publicity D. for members to cast votes for or against a particular piece of legislation in order to claim credit
The amendment that enables the vice president to help decide whether or not the president is disabled, and, if so, to serve as acting president is
A) the Twenty-second Amendment. B) the Twenty-fifth Amendment. C) the Twenty-sixth Amendment. D) the Twenty-seventh Amendment. E) the Thirtieth Amendment.