The size of the House is currently fixed at ______ members.

During a session in a committee, a bill was introduced regarding the registration of weapons by Texans. The members of the committee put the bill aside and refused to consider it. This situation is an example of ________

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.

Anthony Downs characterized organizations and the individuals within them as beginning as zealots or advocates of certain social causes but over time becoming more interested in surviving and maintaining their budgets than in serving clients. What phrase does Downs use to describe this?

A. going through displacement B. going through modification C. going through a straitjacket D. going through a life cycle