Which best describes job duties of party leadership members known as whips?
a. Raising votes and maintaining party discipline
b. Serving as partisan leader of the majority party in Congress
c. Serving as the president of the Senate
d. Selecting the most senior senator to act as president pro tempore
a. Raising votes and maintaining party discipline
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Lowering the discount rate would have which of the following effects?
a. It would decrease the overall rate of taxation. b. It would discourage banks from increasing their borrowing from the Federal Reserve. c. It would encourage banks to borrow more and to extend more loans at lower rates. d. It would increase the amount of federal bonds sold to foreign countries.
The European Council brings together the
a. ministers of the different countries. b. the parliamentary representatives of the different countries. c. the chief executives of the different countries. d. the labor leaders of the different countries. e. the secretaries of state of the different countries.
Those who unsuccessfully challenged the practice of charging out-of-state students who attend a state college or university higher tuition than in-state students did so on the basis of the
a. taxing and spending clause. b. full faith and credit clause. c. interstate rendition clause. d. interstate compact clause. e. privileges and immunities clause.
Which most accurately describes the relationship between state constitutions and the U.S. Constitution?
A) State constitutions prevail over the U.S. Constitution. B) The U.S. constitution can be modified by changes in state constitutions and vice versa. C) The U.S. constitution prevails over state constitutions. D) None of these choices are true.