What was the purpose of earmark reform? Was it successful?
What will be an ideal response?
Earmark reform was intended to introduce more accountability and transparency into the earmark process, and Congress even banned earmarks all together in 2011. However, members have used other practices to get around the earmark ban but still provide benefits to their constituents, such as phonemarking or soft earmarking.
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Defendants, a Nebraska bank and its wholly owned subsidiary travel agency, placed an advertisement bearing the name and picture of Mr. Carson, the well-known television personality and nightclub performer, in several newspapers and in a pamphlet distributed to bank customers. The advertisement concerned a travel tour to Las Vegas organized by the defendant, Travel Unlimited, Inc, which was called
"Nebraskan Johnny Carson's Tour of Las Vegas.". Mr. Carson was to be performing at a Las Vegas nightclub during the time scheduled for the tour, and tickets to his show were included in the tour package. Mr. Carson did not approve the use of his name and photograph, nor was he connected in any way with the travel venture. For which tort will he sue? a. Defamation c. Negligence b. Invasion of privacy d. Trespass to person
The primary focus of a search for social science literature should be ______.
A. relevant books B. government documents C. social science journals D. the Internet
Public policy consists of all the authoritative public decisions that governments make— – the outputs of the political system
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Members of which of the following groups were forced into internment camps in the 1940s?
a. Gay and lesbian Americans b. African Americans c. Irish Americans d. Japanese Americans e. Americans with mental disabilities