What role do national parties play in financing campaigns?

a. The parties are a vital component for any candidate because the party is able to provide financing for all expenses.
b. The parties can make coordinated and independent expenditures and encourage safe incumbents to pass money on to needier candidates.
c. The most important role is through coordinated expenditures that are not limited so long as the activities help enhance the party brand.
d. The parties play no role in campaigns since Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act.

b. The parties can make coordinated and independent expenditures and encourage safe incumbents to pass money on to needier candidates.

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a. the school attended by delegates to the party conventions. b. the system established in the Constitution for indirect election of the president and vice president. c. the school Congressmen attend when first elected to Congress. d. the system of primary elections that allows voters to choose the party's candidate for president. e. a committee of Congressmen who set the election rules and district boundaries for upcoming elections.

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In the 20th century, committee chairs dominated the work of Congress

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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