The creation of the Congressional Budget Office represents efforts by Congress to __________
A)increase the formal role of the president in the budget process
B)more effectively move the president's budget proposal to a vote and final passage
C)reclaim some of the authority that it had lost to the president in the budget process
D)give priority to the president's budgetary initiatives that serve national goals
C
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a. appellate – b. federal c. original d. trial
The formal process by which the House brings charges against federal officials is ______________
A) confirmation of appointees B) ratification of treaties C) impeachment D) oversight E) casework
Why did African Americans, who had typically voted Republican since the Civil War, switch to the Democratic Party in the twentieth century?
a. Many black voters were alienated by the Republican New Deal program. b. Many were poor and attracted to the New Deal’s economic programs. c. Republicans turned away from their initial support of the civil rights movement. d. Southern Democrats promised to do away with poll taxes and literacy tests in return for the loyalty of black voters. e. The Republican administrations since the end of Reconstruction had steadily increased taxes on African Americans.
For Chester Barnard, the essence of a bureaucracy is that it involves ______ in pursuit of a joint objective.
a. clear division of labor b. loosely organized operations c. conscious coordination of activities d. tightly bound rules and regulations