According to your textbook, what seems to be the trend regarding iron triangles in American politics?
a. They are less common than in the past.
b. They are less powerful than in the past.
c. They are much stronger than in the past.
d. They are weaker than in the past.
a
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According to studies of state use of poverty funding, which of these is not accurate?
a. States like Texas, with the highest poverty rates, spent less than their allotted federal funds. b. Innovative states spent remaining federal funds on finding solutions to hard-core unemployment and chronic welfare dependency. c. States like Texas, with the highest poverty rates, spent more than their allotted federal funds. d. Residents who remain on welfare are difficult to place in jobs due to a lack of training, transportation, and child care. e. All of these are accurate.
Because of pay-as-you-go requirements in the Texas Constitution, the state government stopped providing any funding to highway improvements in 2012
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Voter participation rates should improve among Texas African-Americans and Latinos as
a. total population increases. b. education levels improve. c. motor voter legislation becomes effective. d. the poll tax is eliminated. e. All of the above are true.
Which of the following is true of a pocket veto?
A. It can be used by a president only once during a term of office, although a president can use it twice if he or she serves two terms. B. It can only be used when Congress adjourns for the session within ten days of the bill being submitted to the president. C. It means that the legislation cannot be reintroduced in the next Congress. D. It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1936. E. It's a veto in which the president does not send a veto message back to Congress.