Which of the following statements is true of the advice and consent powers of the Senate?
A) The vice president appoints ambassadors of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate.
B) The Senate is obliged to confirm the president's nominees for the post of ambassadors.
C) Nominees for the secretary of state first appear before the Judiciary Committee.
D) The Senate has a somewhat freer hand with judicial appointments, because federal judges are expected to be loyal to the president.
E) Senate confirmation is required when the president appoints justices of the Supreme Court.
E
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A. Democrats B. The Senate is evenly split at 50 seats held by each party C. Republicans D. The Senate is nonpartisan, so party majorities are not a factor
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A. 100 B. 300 C. 500 D. 700
A somewhat arbitrary cutoff point employed to decide whether the null hypothesis is false is called the
A) Alpha level. B) Beta level. C) Null point. D) Point of no return.
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A) Case-study research B) Naturalistic research C) Experimental research D) Correlational research