Legislative gridlock is unlikely in a parliamentary system where a single party controls a majority of the seats because
a. legislative committees must act on proposals within strictly-enforced time limits.
b. an elected executive outside the legislature can rally public opinion and force legislative action.
c. the legislative majority acts as the executive and proposes laws it wishes to enact.
d. parliaments consist of single legislative bodies.
e. opposition parties can easily step in and take control of the legislative process.
c
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The most important elected official associated with the state budget is the
a. director of the budget. b. governor. c. chair of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. d. Legislative Analyst.
Objective journalism is based on the idea that the reporter's job is to
A. report the facts and present both sides of a partisan debate. B. discover what other reporters are saying and provide a uniform interpretation of events. C. report what political leaders want them to report. D. scrutinize the partisan debate, and inform the news audience about which party has the better argument. E. All of these answers are correct.