Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Committee chairs in the modern Congress are powerful and almost completely independent from party leaders.
2. It has become more common to bypass committee consideration in recent years.
3. The Congressional Research Service operates under strict rules of nonpartisanship.
4. A committee report is created only if the full committee votes to send the bill to the House or Senate.
5. According to the informational theory of committees, the purpose of committees is to provide expertise to Congress as a whole.
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True
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