Based on this excerpt from the student text, which of the following is a line agency?
a. the National Security Council, which the President on national security matters
b. the Office of the Vice President, which helps the Vice President perform his or her duties
c. the Securities and Exchange Commission, which the nation's stock markets
d. the Office of the US Trade representative, which recommends trade policies to the President
Answer: c. the Securities and Exchange Commission, which the nation's stock markets
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States' rights advocates are likely to argue for dual federalism, which suggests __________
a. that the powers of the federal government and the states are intermixed but the states are the most dominant b. that the powers of the federal government exist only at the pleasure of the states and that the states are never bound by federal authority c. that the powers of the federal government and the states are distinctly separate and each has absolute sovereignty in its own sphere d. that the state governments have the right to vote against an action of Congress if they disagree with it