What role does the Council of Economic Advisers play in American politics?
a. to advise the president on economic policy
b. to assess legislative proposals for budgetary issues
c. to lobby Congress in defense of the president's budget
d. to prepare the president's budget
a
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Which of the following is correct concerning state and local governments?
A) State and local government spending has been increasing at a faster rate than has federal spending. B) Staffs of the state legislatures have become more professional. C) A serious imbalance or income gap has existed between demands on state and local governments and the revenues they raise through taxes. D) All of the above. E) None of the above.
Senatorial courtesy refers to the tradition of granting senators considerable power over federal judicial appointments in their home states,
a. true b. false
In order to make this experiment partly a blind procedure
a) the person handling and injecting the rats should not know which drug group the rats are in. b) the principal investigator should not know which group the rats are in. c) The rats should be kept in the dark during the activity tests. d) The rats should be housed in separate cages.
How does American social welfare policy compare to those of European democracies?
a. Americans have a much lower tax rate than do Europeans, and social welfare benefits are much less generous in the United States. b. American tax rates are much higher than those of European nations, but the social welfare benefits are higher as well. c. Social welfare programs are about the same in the United States as in European countries. d. The United States is truly a "welfare state" by European standards.