Direct contact with legislatures and executive branch employees for the purpose of influencing policy is called ______.
a. electioneering
b. franking
c. lobbying
d. pressuring
c. lobbying
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The largest single functional category of state spending in Texas is
a. health and human services. b. general government. c. education. d. public safety and corrections. e. business and economic development.
The appearance and increase in __________ was an unintended resulted of an amendment in 1979 to the original Campaign Reform Act, which allows parties to raise and spend money on voter registration and other campaign materials without limits on spending or the size of contributions that they can accept.
a. party discretionary funding b. party expenditure exemption c. soft money d. expenditure waivers e. institutional assistance
All states have a general trial court of original jurisdiction.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
When the Supreme Court first explicitly elucidated the right to privacy, it claimed that it ______.
a. was an important implication of the Tenth Amendment b. existed in the penumbras of several Constitutional amendments c. did not safeguard the right of married couples to purchase and use contraception d. protected a woman’s right to an abortion e. its primary purpose was to protect gay rights