According to the text, the congressional process is slow and involves a great deal of bickering and arguing because ______.
a. politics breeds competitiveness
b. each side is more interested in partisan advantage than in solving the nation’s problems
c. politics draws self-interested men and women
d. media coverage causes members to posture and behave in partisan ways to play to their constituents
e. democracy is a messy process that involves bargaining and compromise
e. democracy is a messy process that involves bargaining and compromise
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A) leads to accepting the null hypothesis. B) reduces the difference between-groups. C) increases the within-groups variation. D) is due to the experimental manipulation.
__________ committees exist in both the House and Senate, may be temporary or permanent, and usually have a specific focus
a. Ways and means b. Caucus c. Select d. Steering