Describe three major downsizing efforts in American government during the late twentieth century.
What will be an ideal response?
In 1992, Colorado passed a constitutional amendment called the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) to limit tax increases. In 1984, the President’s Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission) produced 2,500 recommendations that its report said would save $425 billion over three years. In 1985, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (Gramm-Rudman) forced both Congress and the president to begin bringing the federal deficit under control.
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In __________ the Supreme Court demonstrated its policy-making power by overruling its own prior decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
a. Gideon v. Wainwright b. McCulloch v. Maryland c. Brown v. Board of Education d. Marbury v. Madison
E. J. Davis was elected governor of Texas when the state was governed under which constitution?
a. Radical Reconstruction Constitution b. Coahulla y Tejas Constitution c. Reconstruction Constitution d. Republic Constitution e. Civil War Constitution
The rally-around-the-flag effect refers to the
a. patriotic fervor that often exists in democratic societies. b. ability of a leader to increase his or her popularity by declaring war. c. widespread support for a legitimate war. d. policy of nationalism generally found in the developing world.
When a state law conflicts with federal law, ______ adjudicates.
a. the Supreme Court b. the United Nations c. the president d. Congress