The annual budget is based on educated guesses and sophisticated projections about how much money the state will collect in taxes, fees, and federal grants during the coming year.

Because of the separation of powers inherent in a presidential system, some scholars think that executive-legislative __________ is common in systems like that used in the United States

A) cooperation B) stagnation C) deadlock D) insolvency

Research has shown that when two people of opposing viewpoints are shown the same article, each will think that it

a. shows a bias in favor of the other side. b. shows a liberal bias. c. shows a conservative bias. d. leaves out key facts. e. focuses on sensationalism instead of the facts.