The Founders, including James Madison, __________
a. embraced interest groups
b. attempted to make interest groups illegal
c. feared the mischief of factions
d. regulated interest groups in Article IV of the Constitution
ANS: C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Your authors assess the impact of the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 in which of the following ways?
A) The act is an effective mechanism for regulating the abuses of lobbying members of the legislative branch but has had little or no effect on that activity aimed at the executive branch. B) The act does not effectively regulate lobbying of Congress, and there are no provisions in it aimed at regulating lobbying of the executive branch. C) The act is an effective mechanism for regulating the abuses of lobbying members of the executive branch but has had little or no effect on that activity aimed at the legislative branch. D) The act has effectively remedied the abuses associated with lobbying all government officials. E) It has absolutely no effect or even public notice.
When your local police and the DEA work together to shut down illicit drug operations, they are operating under what is called __________
a. dual federalism b. combined federalism c. competitive federalism d. cooperative federalism
The policy of détente suffered a major setback when the Soviet Union invaded which country in 1979?
A. Poland B. Egypt C. Afghanistan D. Pakistan E. Libya