Grant programs that require state and local officials to submit applications to compete for grants are known as which of the following?

Who presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a red button that read “Reset” in English?

a. Hillary Clinton. b. Bill Clinton. c. John Kerry. d. Leon Panetta.

The practice known as senatorial courtesy

a. requires the Senate to confirm the president’s appointments to the district courts. b. allows senators of the president’s political party who object to a candidate whom the president wishes to appoint to a district judgeship in their home state to have a virtual veto over the nomination. c. requires the president to use the blue slip procedure when asking a senator to recommend judges for the federal bench. d. allows the Senate an opportunity to override a presidential veto of a Supreme Court appointment.