Discuss the election of the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
What will be an ideal response?
The Speaker is chosen by vote of the members. The vote is usually lopsided and bipartisan. This is because of the tradition of such votes in the House and the fact that the Speaker is very powerful and members want to stay on his or her good side.
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The preference of the economic private sector is that the government
A. do its best to create equitable and sustainable public policy. B. should act decisively, as long as it knows what it wants to do. C. should use a referendum to decide what policy to enact. D. should stay out of the policy business and the let marketplace determine what happens.
Members of the governor's staff perform all of the following tasks EXCEPT:
A. legislative liaison. B. voting in legislative committees. C. drafting the governor's legislative proposals. D. public relations.
The success of China gives further support to
a. the developmental state concept. b. protectionism. c. the Washington Consensus. d. export led growth.
NATO emerged near the end of the Cold War
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.