Interest group activity is generally protected by

The Sixteenth Amendment, ratified in 1913,

A) explicitly permitted Congress to levy an income tax. B) limited the total income tax Congress could levy on an individual. C) set up the Social Security system. D) forbade Congress from levying an income tax, but was later repealed. E) required the federal government to balance its budget each year but it was repealed during the Great Depression.

Which of the following is available to aid the president in making economic policy?

A) Council of Economic Advisers B) Office of Management and Budget C) Secretary of the Treasury D) all of the above E) none of the above