The congressional system of committees and subcommittees
a. permits members of Congress to more easily address issues of particular concern to their constituencies.
b. makes Congress less efficient.
c. forces members of Congress to become generalists, who are knowledgeable of the substance of all facets of government.
d. limits the input of interest groups in the legislative process.
e. facilitates the process of discussion and debate in Congress.
a
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Since legislators do not have the resources or time personally to do all the work necessary to conceive, develop, track, and pass legislation, they rely heavily for information and assistance on
A) precedent. B) staff. C) journalists. D) town-hall meetings with constituents. E) Congress.
Descriptive representation is ______.
a. the idea that an elected body should demographically mirror its population b. when candidates carefully explain what they will do if they are elected c. important to constituents who want to keep tabs on their members of Congress d. practiced much more frequently in the United States than in other democracies e. the idea that one’s political power should expand in relation to time spent in office