In a(n) __________ system of managing foreign policy, the president relies on the National Security Advisor and NSC staff rather than the State Department and Department of Defense bureaucracies

The Affordable Care Act authorizes __________ to determine who is not in compliance and to levy fines

a. the Social Security Administration b. the IRS c. the Treasury Department d. an employer

Which of the following has most hampered the ability of Congress to manage social conflict in recent years?

A.) decreased need to seek congressional action on issues of social importance B.) decreased differences in the policy desires between rural and urban communities C.) increased polarization caused by partisan redistricting D.) increased incidence of citizen and interest group activism