What is a tool used by members of Congress to add special benefits for their constituency after the budget bill has passed through the appropriations committee?

American intelligence first detected that _________ was developing nuclear weapons in the 1980s, and since then the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations have been preoccupied with finding a mix of sanctions and rewards to curb that country’s nuclear ambitions.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

The difference between authority and power is which of the following?

A. Authority is the right to make a particular decision and power is the actual influence the institution has over that action. B. Authority is given and power is seized. C. There is no difference; they are perfectly interchangeable. D. Power describes the formal parameters of influence while authority describes the informal parameters of influence.