The text suggests that no one in Congress is responsible for the budget as a whole because

A) one group in each house plans for revenues, and many other groups plan for spending.
B) the executive branch dominates the process at every point.
C) committee chairpersons make the critical decisions in secret.
D) the election cycle creates too much turnover in membership.
E) informal norms prevent members from revealing the sources of key decisions.


A

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A. Legislators earn a salary of $42,500 per year. B. Legislators earn a salary of $72,000 per year. C. Legislators earn a salary of $7,200 per year. D. Legislators earn a salary of $6,000 per year.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Pearson’s r is appropriate to use when the relationship between two interval level variables is not linear. 2. If one variable has a lower level of measurement, you chose the measure of association that is appropriate for the variable with the higher level of measurement. 3. All measures of association fall between the range of 0 and 1. 4. When calculating Pearson’s r, either variable can be identified as the dependent variable. 5. A discordant pair is one in which two cases give evidence of a positive relationship.

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The expressed or enumerated powers include the ability of the federal government to

A. coin money, set standards for weights and measures, and determine rules for citizenship. B. declare war and establish post offices. C. increase the number of federal courts. D. set up the national central banking system. E. coin money, set standards for weights and measures, determine rules for citizenship, and to declare war and establish post offices.

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People evaluate news material from their own partisan perspectives, called _________, and tend to process and remember the material more consistent with their preexisting attitudes, called ________

A) selective perception; selective retention B) social learning; observational learning C) minimal effects; maximum exposure D) primary attention; secondary attention E) personal view; historical view

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