Explain the role and functions of congressional subcommittees.
What will be an ideal response?
Subcommittees, of which there are dozens in both the House and Senate, typically handle specific areas of other, larger committees' jurisdictions. For example, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is a standing committee with six subcommittees. Each subcommittee handles bills relevant to its specific jurisdiction, and applies agency review, hearings, markup, and reports in its processing of legislation.
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In the case of Gibbons v. Ogden
A. the national government lost the power to regulate intrastate commerce. B. state governments won the right to control navigation in interstate waters. C. the power to regulate interstate commerce was determined to be an exclusive national power of the federal government. D. the ruling provided the national government with decreasing power over economic affairs throughout the land. E. the Supreme Court found that commerce was defined as the exchange of goods and not navigation or transport of people.
Using the ideas of somebody else without attributing those ideas to that person is known as
a. nonmaleficence. b. simulation. c. plagiarism. d. desensitization.
Which of the following affirmative action programs would be a clear violation of the Supreme Court's decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)?
a. considering race as a factor in university admissions decisions b. considering how an applicant would contribute to the diversity of the university— c. considering applicants' academic and extracurricular achievements d. setting aside a certain percentage of admissions slots as a quota for African American students
What is true of members of Congress today?
A) They are more attentive to accountability than members in the past. B) They have more information about their constituencies than members in the past. C) They want reelection. D) All of the above E) None of the above