House Democrats largely denounced the 2003 Medicare bill because it
a. funded the Social Security program.
b. increased the cost for the government.
c. increased the size of the government.
d. introduced private companies into the Medicare system.
e. required too large a share of the federal budget.
ANS: D
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The National Organization for Women
A) was first formed in the nineteenth century to help women gain the right to vote. B) was primarily responsible for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. C) is no longer a formidable force for women?s rights. D) now works for the enactment of individual statutes (laws) to protect women?s rights rather than a constitutional amendment. E) is a counter-interest group formed by Phyllis Schlafly to oppose the Women?s Liberation Movement and the Equal Rights Amendment.
Parties and committees were
A) mentioned prominently in the Constitution. B) mentioned briefly in the Constitution. C) developed by elected officials to meet their needs. D) established by constitutional amendment. E) abolished in the 1870s