Some cities in Texas operate their own electric companies. These cities have the authority to do this because
A) capitalism is a fundamental principal of the Texas Constitution. B) of the emergency powers granted these cities by the Texas Legislature. C) the local governing authority afforded them as home-rule cities. D) of the commerce clause found in Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution. E) such authority is given all city and county governments under the Texas Local Government Code.
Answer: C
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U.S. Senators were no longer chosen by state legislatures after the passage of the
A) Thirteenth Amendment. B) Sixteenth Amendment. C) Seventeenth Amendment. D) Nineteenth Amendment. E) Twenty-first Amendment.
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a. free riding b. tragedy of the commons c. agency loss d. prisoner’s dilemma
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).