How do bureaucrats directly influence the content of legislation?
a. by not being allowed to directly lobby the members of the legislature
b. by drafting legislation
c. by furnishing information to legislators
d. by working with clientele groups to pass legislation
e. all of these
e
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The Congress Party began to splinter and lose its dominance in the late 1960s and early 1970s when
a. the followers of Mahatma Gandhi split from the rest of the group because of ideological differences regarding nonviolence. b. Jawaharlal Nehru suffered a stroke and factional differences emerged within the party based on personality rather than ideology. c. Indira Ghandi was assassinated it created a rift between her supporters and those accused of being involved in the assassination conspiracy. d. Indians became bitterly divided over the question of war with Pakistan, and the party splintered into groups that opposed and supported a war.
Chapter 5 begins with an Are You Equipped exercise highlighting the debate between Apple and Microsoft. In this example, the decisions of the buyers served as the __________
a. variables. b. independent variable. c. dependent variable. d. nothing because it is a tv example.
Earmarking is the practice of:
A. highlighting the sections of the constitution that are used most frequently. B. restricting the expenditure of revenues from a particular revenue source to a specific program. C. making certain parts of the state constitution especially difficult to amend. D. targeting specific sections of the state constitution for particular attention during a constitutional convention.