Assignment to the more prestigious of Congressional committees, such as the House Ways and Means Committee or Armed Services Committee, is frequently damaging to representatives' careers, and thus, they tend to avoid these assignments

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


FALSE

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Which is a disadvantage of a local government’s reliance on property taxes as a source of revenue?

   a. tax exempt properties  b. the inability to file for bankruptcy  c. the difficulty states capitalizing on increasing market values  d. constrained by the state 

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After several decades in power, revolutionaries usually continue to rebel against the norms and rules of the international system

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Court ruled that political action committees could accept unlimited contributions for _____.

A. making dispersed costs B. providing concentrated benefits C. makingbundled expenditures D. makingindependent expenditures E. granting tax-exempt status

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What does the selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights mean in the context of the process begun by the Supreme Court in 1897?

a. Not all of the provisions of the Bill of Rights are guaranteed.  b. Rights other than those explicitly stated in the Bill of Rights are also guaranteed.  c. The Supreme Court can declare a state law unconstitutional if it violates the Bill of Rights.  d. States may choose not to guarantee all of the provisions of the Bill of Rights. 

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