What are the major congressional committees that deal with foreign affairs and what are their duties? Does a proliferation of international relations-related committees seem to work effectively?
What will be an ideal response?
Students should identify and describe the House and Senate: Foreign Affairs Committees, Armed Services Committees, Appropriations Subcommittees, Intelligence Committees, an Homeland Security Committees. They should then make an argument about whether this arrangement is effective/successful, with particular attention to interbranch conflict between the president and Congress.
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The large number of initiatives on California ballots is best explained by
a. a reduction in the number of signatures required to qualify for the ballot. b. the encouragement of state legislators. c. gridlock between the governor and legislators. d. the opportunism of special interests.
Which of the following is part of the outer cabinet?
A) Department of Agriculture. B) Department of Treasury C) Department of Justice D) Department of Defense E) Department of State.
Partisanship is remarkably
A) ?unpredictable. B) ?shifting. C) ?stable. D) ?miniscule. E) ?unimportant.
The idea that people vote directly on legislation is often referred to as ________.
a. direct democracy b. representative democracy c. unified democracy d. communism