In 1790, some southern members of the House agreed to the federal government’s assumption of state debts from the Revolutionary War in exchange for northern endorsement of moving the nation’s capital to Washington, D.C. This is an example of
a. cloture.
b. constituency service.
c. filibustering.
d. logrolling.
e. the franking privilege.
ANS: D
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