What are the responsibilities of the speaker of the house?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
1. Officially gives the floor to members who wish to speak
2. Controls floor debates
3. Has a powerful hand in controlling the flow of legislation
4. Assigns legislation to committees
5. Helps appoint committee members
6. Appoints other house members (from their own party)
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Which of the following categories of interest groups is stronger in the industrial states of the Northeast and upper Midwest than in other parts of the country?
a. labor unions b. business and trade groups c. cause groups d. citizen groups e. prayer groups
Units of local government that are limited to those governmental structures and powers specifically granted by state law are known by which of the following terms?
a) home-rule units of local government b) general-law units of local government c) commissioners' court d) independent school district e) special district