All of the following describe the impact of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi EXCEPT
a. Congress ceased to be a consensus party.
b. power within the Congress Party was centralized.
c. opposition parties gained power.
d. corruption increased.
e. heredity of leadership was strongly resisted.
e
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An informal, unwritten rule of Congress that more senior members are appointed to committees and as chairpersons of committees is referred to as
a. mandatory promotion. b. compulsory improvement. c. positive reinforcement. d. seniority. e. logrolling.
Which of the following factors has decreased the amount of sales taxes that states are able to raise?
a. Safety net programs b. Internet commerce c. Community development d. Public welfare programs
Which of the following statements about the career civil service is most accurate?
A. Most civil servants are young people from blue-collar backgrounds who work a few years in the government before moving on to the private sector. B. In order to ensure that the federal government operates as effectively as possible, federal regulations make it easy to fire incompetent civil servants. C. As government employees, few civil servants have the power to form unions and bargain collectively. D. Civil servants are paid according to where they rank on a numerical General Schedule rating system. E. Civil servants may neither run for elected office (partisan or nonpartisan) nor contribute to an electoral campaign.
The 2017 tax bill was, from Mancur Olson's perspective, the perfect bill to make many friends and few enemies.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)