The Senate allows its members more freedom to debate policy issues than the House. In some cases, Senators talk for hours in hopes of influencing a bill or blocking its passage. This is called a ______.

A. filibuster
B. precedent
C. debate
D. veto


A. filibuster

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The political __________ generally refers to socialists and communists

a. right b. left c. mainstream d. majority

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Employees hired outside of the competitive service now make up almost half of all government workers.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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According to the text, Thomas Hobbes and David Hume

a. agreed with John Locke about natural law. b. were skeptical of human reason. c. did not think that people were passionate enough about freedom. d. were influenced by the thinking of James Madison. e. were influenced by the thinking of Alexis de Tocqueville.

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President Franklin Roosevelt made _____________ available to all citizens and as a result, African Americans began to support the Democratic Party in large numbers.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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