The purpose of cosponsors for a bill is to
a. have help in drafting a bill.
b. show how much support a measure enjoys.
c. force a bill through committee when it might otherwise have died.
d. coerce the president to sign it.
e. distribute the blame when it does not pass.
ANS: B
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Native Americans, who suffered the forcible loss of their tribal lands, received full citizenship rights as United States citizens in
a. 1787. b. 1800. c. 1865. d. 1924. e. 1970.
If a bill is sent to a congressional committee and the committee chooses not to "take on" the bill, what happens to that bill?
a. It gets assigned to another committee. b. It goes to the other chamber of Congress for them to assign to a committee. c. It gets "marked up" by the committee. d. It must wait ten days, and then be resubmitted to the same committee for a new hearing. e. It is considered "dead.".
The common goal of broad-based business and industry groups is to __________
a. maintain and improve upon a favorable business climate b. promote the common welfare of society c. seek to advance the interests of specific industries d. promote the common good of the people
In the American system of political culture, the emphasis in economic equality tends to be on which of the following?
a. equality of outcome b. equality of income c. equality of performance d. equality of opportunity