What did the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 create?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain that the act created the Congressional Budget Office and established the congressional budgetary process in use today.
2. Describe how the CBO, a nonpartisan agency, helps members of Congress make accurate estimations of revenues and expenditures and lays out a plan for congressional action on the annual budget resolution, appropriations, reconciliation, and any other revenue bills.
3. Describe how the Congressional Budget Act also created a timetable intended to make sure that action on the budget occurs without unnecessary delay.
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In 1883, New York became the first state to enact a merit system
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Describe and analyze patterns in income, poverty, education, and literacy in Texas. How does Texas compare to other states and the United States as a whole? What types of differences exist within Texas as a function of geography and race/ethnicity?
Do these patterns matter in terms of political participation and influence? What will be an ideal response?
Domestic policy can best be described as
A) policies that affect major economic variables. B) all policies that affect housing, including construction costs and insurance. C) all the laws, government planning, and government actions that affect individuals' lives in the United States. D) matters relating to law enforcement within the borders of the United States. E) the activities of the government in its relations with other countries.
The idea that much, but not all, of the Bill of Rights applies to the states is called
a. due process. b. selective incorporation. c. the exclusionary rule. d. the incorporation doctrine. e. total incorporation.