The U.S. president convenes a meeting of economic advisors to develop a plan for spending the federal budget surplus. The president's action best illustrates

a. agenda building.
b. policy formulation.
c. policy adoption.
d. policy evaluation.
e. policy implementation.


b

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In some instances the president’s entire cabinet agrees to a course of action in order to achieve consensus, despite disagreement. This is called

a. cabinet neutralization. b. demagoguery. c. groupthink. d. impoundment. e. intimidation.

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A description of policy making that sees foreign policy choices based on bargaining and compromises among competing government agencies is called the bureaucratic politics model

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What percent of the public can name "freedom of the press" as a guarantee in the First Amendment?

a. 18 percent b. 20 percent c. 30 percent d. 40 percent e. 54 percent.

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The traditional model of public hearings is ______.

a. becoming more popular b. nonexistent c. becoming less popular d. unchanged from historical norms

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