Joint committees are often formed in order to ______.
a. address problems that cannot be assigned to a particular standing committee
b. speed up consideration of complex legislation
c. investigate bureaucratic malfeasance
d. demonstrate frugality to overburdened taxpayers
e. prevent filibusters on key issues
b. speed up consideration of complex legislation
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Money spent by individuals or groups who are not associated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office is known as __________
a. self-financing b. outside intervention c. independent expenditures d. soft money
How do minor parties facilitate democracy in the United States?
A. by bringing more citizens into the political process with issue awareness B. by challenging the constitutional supports for the two-party system C. by sending important delegates to the major parties' national conventions D. by thwarting the major party that is most ideologically distant
The __________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution appeared to guarantee equal rights for blacks, but didn't.
A. First B. Fourteenth C. Twenty-first D. Twenty-fifth E. Twenty-sixth
In Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court determined that in political campaigns __________ is the equivalent of speech
a. press b. exposure c. religion d. power e. money