Information is often screened out as it passes from one person to another in the decision-making process

What are the three broad mandates of Congress?

a. form subcommittees, report to constituents, balance executive branch authority b. appropriate lobbyist funding, be delegates for constituents, validate constitutional validity of laws c. make laws, control the budget, and oversee the executive branch d. control standing committees, oversee the judicial branch, veto unconstitutional laws

The new Constitution facilitated the economic development of the U.S. by

A) providing explicit instructions on the future expansion of the country. B) unifying the currency and regulating commerce. C) maintaining the dominant power of the states in commerce. D) establishing the separation of powers. E) allowing individual states to coin money.