Congresspersons who try to balance the desires of interest groups, party leaders, and voters with their own best judgment are said to act as

According to the text, the U.S. welfare state is conservative because

A. it corrects the basic structural inequalities of corporate capitalism. B. it stabilizes the corporate capitalist system. C. it offers a more egalitarian alternative to the marketplace. D. generally, working-class and poor people support it. E. its costs and benefits are equally shared.

The Congressional Budget Office was created to check the growing power of the

A) Department of the Treasury. B) Department of Homeland Security. C) Federal Reserve Board. D) Office of Management and Budget. E) Securities and Exchange Commission.