According to the text, who are the heavy lifters in the policy making process?

a. Bureaucrats
b. Us
c. Congressmen/women
d. Presidents


a. Bureaucrats

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Which of the following is a means-tested program?

a. Social Security b. No Child Left Behind c. Medicare d. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

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The Iraq and Afghanistan wars best reflect the

a. viability of the UN Security Council as a means to authorize force. b. applicability of a global balance of power. c. capability of the United States to initiate military action. d. instability of the current international system due to new powers such as China. e. inability of non-state organizations to affect the foreign policy of established states.

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When your city elected a new mayor, his goal was to influence legislators to make decisions favorable to your municipality; therefore, he chose to join the National League of Cities, which is

a. a public lobbying group. b. an economic lobbying group. c. an ideological lobbying group. d. an issue-based lobbying group. e. an intergovernmental lobbying group.

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The major purpose of the Federalist papers was to

a. win support for a Parliamentary form of government b. urge rejection of the declaration of independence c. expose the lack of civil liberties protection in the Constitution d. win support for ratification of a new Constitution

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