Interest groups maintain that one of their major contributions to deliberation is
a. bringing suit against the government when rights are endangered.
b. directing the flow of donations to the proper officials.
c. donating to campaigns.
d. educating policymakers about their issues.
e. presiding over congressional hearings.
ANS: D
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a. Programmatic requests are beneficial to taxpayers but detrimental to reelection. b. Programmatic requests favor federal employees at the expense of state employees. c. Programmatic requests favor one district at the expense of American taxpayers generally. d. Programmatic requests are always wasteful expenditures but are useful to politicians.
Members of the cabinet are
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Prior to the ratification of the Constitution, the United States was governed by the Articles of __________
a. Confederation b. Declaration c. Federalism d. Independence
The literacy test was a requirement that voting applicants demonstrate some ability to read and write
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