What strategy was deployed by Obama to corral Democratic votes in Congress to pass the Affordable Care Act?
A)He called on liberal Internet bloggers to pressure their representatives to support the act.
B)He threatened to oust opponents of the act from their committee positions in Congress.
C)He pledged to actively campaign against any Democrat in Congress who opposed to the act.
D)He intimated that opponents would be ineligible for financial support from the party.
A
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For what reason did the status of Arabs shift from sojourner to permanent settler?
A. World War I eliminated the possibility of returning home for many Arab families. B. New York society rapidly began to accept Arab populations after World War I. C. Many families feared the financial impact of extended travel. D. Many Arab adults had started families with American citizens.
Which of the following is NOT illustrative of today's era of partisan federalism?
A. Officials in national government may try to obtain policy goals by proposing state action. B. States have acted to invalidate (nullify) national laws by enacting state laws that conflict with policy preferences. C. Democrats tend to support federal government expansion in domestic policy, while Republicans tend to support state's rights over national expansion. D. If a state government is dominated by one party and Congress or the presidency is controlled by the opposing one, the state may act on its own, fulfilling its policy preferences. E. Members of both political parties, regardless of their personal ideological preferences of federalism, may vote against each other when in conflict with their policy goals.