Two possible approaches discussed in the text that Congress may use to oversee the bureaucracy are the
A) police patrol and fire alarm approaches.
B) iron triangle and issue network approaches.
C) spoils system and merit system.
D) enabling legislation and sunset legislation.
E) executive agency and government corporation.
A
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Lowering the discount rate would have which of the following effects?
a. It would decrease the overall rate of taxation. b. It would discourage banks from increasing their borrowing from the Federal Reserve. c. It would encourage banks to borrow more and to extend more loans at lower rates. d. It would increase the amount of federal bonds sold to foreign countries.
In 1979, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigated Sears, Roebuck, and Co. What did the EEOC find?
a) The under-representation of women in high-paying commission sales jobs reflected a choice by women, not discrimination by Sears. b) Sears was committing sexual discrimination by favoring men for high- paying commission sales jobs over women. c) Sears was committing racial discrimination by favoring whites for high- paying commission sales jobs over minority groups. d) The under-representation of minorities in high-paying commissions sales jobs reflected a choice by minorities, not discrimination by Sears.
Article VII of the Constitution outlines the process of ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Advocates of bipartisanship in foreign policy argue that
A) foreign policy issues must be discussed in political campaigns precisely because those issues are so important. B) politics stops at the water's edge. C) positions on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should be evenly distributed among Democrats and Republicans. D) the secretary of state and the president's national security adviser must be from a political party other than the president's. E) no politician should be involved in political matters.