The House and Senate Intelligence Committees have been actively involved in government oversight of which of the following government organizations for collecting information on private citizens over the past several years?
a. Central Intelligence Agency
b. National Security Agency
c. Internal Revenue Service
d. Federal Bureau of Investigation
b
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a. pure proportional representation b. pure winner-take-all c. pure single-member district d. a mixed-member system with elements of proportional representation and single-member districts
Accommodations taxes are taxes on hotel or motel room occupancies, with the revenues usually earmarked for tourism-related issues
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Anti-Saloon League, whose successful lobbying led to the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment, was successful in part because
a. it focused only on electing “drys” and defeating “wets.” b. it offered a broad platform that took a stance on virtually every important political issue of the day. c. it worked through an entirely new organizational structure and avoided the conflicts that already existed in many churches and local temperance groups. d. it insisted that any candidate receiving its endorsement had to be a publicly sworn nondrinker.
What does the Sixth Amendment guarantee to those accused of a crime?
a. assistance of counsel b. the right to parole c. reasonable bail d. a written indictment