Discuss the difference between deficit and debt.
What will be an ideal response?
? Deficit is the amount the government spends in excess of what it takes in each year in revenue.
? Debt is the total amount of all deficits amassed over time.
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According to the textbook, presidents have used the power of _____ to reorganize executive agencies, set their agendas, and even alter their procedures
a. executive order b. line-item veto c. pocket veto d. treaties
How do minor parties facilitate democracy in the United States?
A. by bringing more citizens into the political process with issue awareness B. by challenging the constitutional supports for the two-party system C. by sending important delegates to the major parties' national conventions D. by thwarting the major party that is most ideologically distant