Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Congress has produced many innovative and effective policies.
2. For most of the Senate’s history, filibusters were rare.
3. Congressional reforms in the 1970s were successful in permanently reshaping Congress–president relations, with Congress now having the upper hand on most issues.
4. Since WWII, presidents have regularly engaged U.S. troops in foreign conflicts without seeking congressional approval.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True

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a. inherit, own, and convey property. b. utilize privately owned places of public accommodation. c. vote in state elections. d. All of the above are true.

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