The__________included provisions requiring the disclosure of lawmakers' requests for earmarks in legislation

Why does the United States have a two-party model?

a. The framers wanted competition between political parties. b. It developed in the struggle between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. c. It was a compromise between a unitary system's efficiency and a multiparty model's diversity. d. It developed in the struggle between slave owners and abolitionists.

Which of the following is not true of legislative committees?

a. They must hold public hearings before reporting legislation out of committee. b. Each legislative chamber must have its own committees—joint committees composed of legislators from both chambers are not permitted in any state. c. They can hold bills indefinitely (short of the full legislature's action to discharge them), in effect impounding bills. d. None of the above