The three committees of the legislature with primary responsibility for budgeting and appropriating are the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee

In _____________, the Supreme Court held that a city had taken private property without just compensation where the city was unwilling to grant a development because the owner refused to dedicate part of the land to a public use

a. Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987) b. Kelo v. City of New London (2005) c. PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins (1980) d. Dolan v. City of Tigard (1994)

The concern with measuring government efficiency by focusing on procedural activities may lead to what outcome?

A. too broad a target population B. evaluation determination clouded by the values of the evaluator C. reduction in efficiency D. reactive effects