Over the past several decades, reforms in the House of Representatives have tended to weaken the implications of the seniority system in favor of ______.
a. concentrating power in favor of the Speaker of the House
b. distributing power more broadly into the hands of rank-and-file members
c. pushing legislative powers and responsibilities into the Senate’s lap
d. intensifying the powers of committee and sub-committee chairs
e. expanding the president’s executive authority
a. concentrating power in favor of the Speaker of the House
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The imperial presidency as described by Schlesinger is best illustrated by the actions of __________ during __________
A) Nixon; the Vietnam War B) Wilson; World War I C) Roosevelt; World War II D) Lincoln; the Civil War
Drawing on the insights from the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty game examined in Chapter 3, what can we infer by the differing responses by the U.S. government following the financial crisis to the requests by the financial sector and U.S. automakers for bailouts?
A. The government did not depend on the support of the financial sector and automakers. B. The government did not depend on the support of U.S. automakers. C. The financial sector did not have a credible exit threat. D. The U.S. automakers did not have a credible exit threat. E. Neither the financial sector nor the U.S. automakers had credible exit threats.