Most requests for cases to be heard by the Supreme Court take the form of petitions for

One function of lobbyists is to provide legislators with __________ about an interest group's position on a specific bill or issue

Fill in the blank with the correct words.

Which of the following is part of the reason that, even though President Bush won reelection in 2004, the Republican Party lost both houses of Congress in 2006 and the White House in 2008?

a. the Central American Free Trade Agreement b. the USA PATRIOT Act c. the war in Iraq d. the war in Afghanistan