Committees and subcommittees of both houses of Congress frequently hold hearings on proposed legislation (bills) and other subjects within the scope of those committees. These hearings ______.

A. represent an opportunity to work through each section of the bill and rewrite to attract majority support
B. are governed by strict rules limiting which amendments members are allowed to offer
C. provide an opportunity to make a record for a particular proposal, evaluate how well a program is working, or simply to generate publicity
D. for members to cast votes for or against a particular piece of legislation in order to claim credit

Answer: C

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a. rarely share basic political attitudes with the governor b. run for election on a ticket with gubernatorial candidates c. help collect, organize, and screen information for the governor d. must be confirmed by the state House of Representatives Answer: c

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For most of its history, Texas has been a __________ state, one of the key identifiers of a traditionalistic political culture

A) one-party-dominant B) competitive two-party C) predominantly libertarian D) predominantly green-party

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