The FAA’s risk assessment indicated that the new seats would prevent an estimated ______ deaths.

With budget surpluses emerging in the late 1990s, politicians

A) proposed tax cuts. B) proposed tax hikes. C) proposed greater government spending on infrastructure. D) proposed increasing business taxes. E) proposed shifting the tax burden.

Two major issues of concern which helped shape the 2012 national elections were

A) climate change and environmental regulation. B) women in the military and national defense. C) reproductive rights and abortion. D) same-sex marriage and civil rights. E) Medicare and Medicaid.