One function of __________ is to provide public services that the private sector is unlikely to do

Most legislation addressed by Congress originates in the executive branch

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Which of the following was the reason for ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment (1913), which transformed the Senate from an elective to an appointive position?

a. state legislatures' gridlock b. corrupting influences in state legislatures c. perception of senators as protective of party bosses and corporate elites d. changes in American political culture in the latter half of the nineteenth century e. All of the above