What procedure limits debate of budget controversies to twenty hours, thereby ending the threat of a filibuster in the Senate?
a. caucus
b. cloture
c. programmatic requests
d. reconciliation
Answer: d
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Debating whether the focus of development should improve the quality of life of local people or build large-scale productive capacity
a. will become resolved because people in the developing world have fused the liberal economics and dependency perspectives. b. has ended in large part because of the success of microcredit institutions. c. might become resolved when the Doha round of trade talks finally ends. d. continues due to the complexity of the development process itself. e. is irrelevant because developing states resist adopting the successful policies of the already-developed world.
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A. the revolving door B. the iron triangle C. agenda-setting D. logrolling
Which of the following is NOT true about the agriculture commissioner?
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