The belief that individual rights transcend the power of government is known as which of the following?
a. direct democracy
b. representative democracy
c. doctrine of natural rights
d. rule of law
e. autocracy
c.
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How are committee chairs selected in the majority-party caucus?
a. a subject knowledge test b. interviews to determine party loyalty c. joint decision of the majority and minority leaders d. seniority within the party
Prior to the 1960s, cozy relationships developed between legislators and lobbyists because ______.
A. lobbyists helped legislators get elected, and legislators had weak loyalty to political parties B. legislators wanted to supplement their low wages with gifts of food, drink, and more C. lobbyists supplied needed information about bills, and legislators lacked staff D. any of these
What is the term for the set of instinctual and learned filters our minds use in sorting and processing the mass of incoming information?
A. mediated reality B. cognitive frameworks C. constructed frameworks D. framing dimensions
Consider the "Unresolved Debate" . According to political scientists, why do PACs have minimal influence on legislative decisions?
a. because most elected officials carefully weigh the interests of PACs against those of their other constituents b. because PACs often give money to legislators who already support their agendas c. because most members of Congress have pledged to no longer accept PAC contributions d. because of strict limitations on the amount of money that PACs can contribute to political candidates e. because PACs are prohibited from lobbying