Until the Treaty of Lisbon, the Council of Ministers used a system of qualified majority voting, which meant that
a. at least four of the "original six" had to be part of the majority that approved legislative proposals.
b. the voting power of members was weighted by population size
c. at least three-fourths of the members had to approve legislative proposals.
d. Council decisions had to be approved by a majority of the judges in the European Court of Justice.
e. all decisions required a vote of unanimity.
b
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A. Democratic members of Congress tend to be consistently liberal. B. Republican members of Congress tend to be consistently conservative. C. Democratic members of Congress tend to be more liberal than Democratic voters. D. Republican members of Congress tend to be more conservative than Republican voters. E. The policy preferences of Democratic and Republican voters are generally the same.
The neutral entity that makes an authoritative decision and is comprised of a cross-section of the community is known as the
a. judge. b. jury. c. prosecution. d. attorney.
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A) ?familial B) ?transmission C) ?sibling D) ?kinship E) "same-roof"
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a. can catch daily changes in public opinion that other polls cannot b. help candidates devise their campaign strategy c. have caused the public to question the accuracy of polls d. are inexpensive to conduct