The Line Item Veto Actallowed presidents to __________
A)remove any expenditure that did not have a tax increase to pay for it from a bill and send it back to Congress without vetoing the entire piece of legislation
B)remove any tax credit or new expenditure from a bill and send it back to Congress without vetoing the entire piece of legislation
C)remove tax provisions from bills and add spending provisions without congressional approval
D)remove spending items from a bill and impound the funds for projects that the president preferred without a congressional response
B
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____________ is the idea that different ethnic and categorical groups should be proportionally represented in the public bureaucracy
A. Collective bargaining B. Patronage C. Representative bureaucracy D. Incrementalism
Which of the following statements is true of the relationship between religious and ethnic background and voter attitudes?
A) White Christian voters who attend church rarely are more likely to favor the Republicans. B) Jewish voters are strongly Democratic, regardless of whether they attend services. C) Today, the number of churches that promote conservative values is much lesser than those that promote liberal ways of thinking. D) African Americans are one of the most solidly Republican constituencies in the United States. E) Today, Muslim Americans are the most Republic religious group in the United States.
Block grants
a. allow expenditures only for specific programs. b. are distributed to state governments for whatever projects they wish. c. are distributed to local governments for whatever projects they wish. d. are given by the state governments to local governments to be spent on economic development projects. e. are distributed to states for broad programs.
Through citizen involvement, which one of the following has the United States NOT achieved?
A) ?The nation and institutions are amazingly stable. B) ?Citizens are able to petition government and criticize it. C) ?Americans enjoy substantial freedom and are protected from abuses of power by the government. D) ?A society has been created with high voter turnout. E) Americans show more tolerance of different political views than most other democracies.