Fire alarm oversight describes
a. Congress working hard to directly monitor whether agencies are implementing laws faithfully and efficiently.
b. Congress designing procedures that allow interest groups and ordinary citizens to raise an alarm when something has gone wrong.
c. Congress delegating power to the executive branch to raise an alarm when an agency is not faithfully and efficiently implementing laws.
d. the ability of citizens to bring concerns about federal regulations directly to the Supreme Court to reduce the transaction costs of monitoring federal agencies.
b. Congress designing procedures that allow interest groups and ordinary citizens to raise an alarm when something has gone wrong.
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a. The U.S. system gives more power to judges but less to bureaucrats. b. The U.S. system gives more power to civil servants but less to the judicial branch. c. The U.S. system gives more power to the legislative branch but less to bureaucrats. d. The U.S. system gives more power to unelected public officials but less to elected officials.
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A. free rider problem. B. limited interest effect. C. umbrella problem. D. collective good distribution. E. collective good effect.
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a. It is a trial with a jury. b. It is a trial with a grand jury. c. It is a trial without a judge. d. It is a trial without a jury.
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a. President Obama came up with the idea, had his advisors write it, and presented it to Congress, which then voted on it b. After years of attempting to expand healthcare coverage, the president, Congress and various stakeholders discussed, debated, and modified the bill before voting on it c. Mitt Romney offered his plan for Massachusetts to the president and the Congress, and they adapted it to become a federal program d. Hillary Clinton wrote the bill in conjunction with several members of the House and Senate during the administration of Bill Clinton