The Council of Economic Advisers is a 12 member team that the President chooses without requiring Senate approval

Congresspersons who try to balance the desires of interest groups, party leaders, and voters with their own best judgment are said to act as

A. trustees. B. caucuses. C. delegates. D. placeholders. E. politicos.

The Equal Rights Amendment

a. pitted the interests of men against women so there were not enough votes for ratification. b. pitted the interests of urban, upper-class women against working-class women, so the movement was divided. c. pitted African American women against White women over fears that the ERA would erase the gains of the civil rights movement. d. pitted feminists against antiabortion groups that produced a contentious debate, and the time for ratification expired.