A draft of a proposed law is called a
a. constituent.
b. delegation.
c. markup.
d. bill.
e. trustee.
ANS: D
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A. Congress B. independent nonpartisan commissions C. state legislatures D. governors
When economic power is concentrated in the hands of a relatively few large companies, it is called
A) a monopoly. B) an oligopoly. C) a brain trust. D) something that never happened in the United States. E) something that is encouraged by the federal government.
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a. that public opinion is often based on misinformation b. how strongly public opinion shapes government policy c. the fact that public opinion rarely influences government policy d. the limitations on government's ability to create the public opinion it desires
The state of female representation in legislatures is that women are ______.
A. the most underrepresented group in Congress and state legislatures B. overrepresented in many state legislatures C. overrepresented in the Senate but underrepresented in the House of Representatives D. achieving a greater level of representation in Congress than are African Americans