If the Texas legislature were to have annual legislative sessions, which of these would not be likely to occur?
a. Legislators would have more time to familiarize themselves with legislation
b. The need for special sessions, particularly when a crisis arises between regular sessions, would be eliminated.
c. Legislators would have more opportunity for legislative oversight of the state bureaucracy.
d. Legislators would be better able to engage in long-range planning of public policy.
e. There would be less need for career politicians and more opportunity for part-time legislators to take office.
a
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A) government intervention to promote equality and to establish and maintain an ordered liberty. B) limited government that allows capitalism to thrive and the market to maintain order. C) government intervention to promote equality, while leaving the individual free to make moral or personal decisions. D) strong government involvement, often by force, to maintaining strict order in society. E) the collective sharing of resources and production.
What are reserve powers?
a. powers specifically delegated to the national government by the Constitution b. powers specifically delegated to state governments by the Constitution c. powers not specifically delegated to the national government by the Constitution d. powers not specifically delegated to state governments by the Constitution