Which of the following statements best characterizes the members of the White House staff?
a. The White House staff is a loose collection of bureaucrats who are loyal to executive agencies.
b. The White House staff is composed of individuals personally and politically close to the president chosen specifically to serve the president's needs.
c. The White House staff is composed of policy
specialists who have little personal loyalty to the president.
d. The White House staff is the link between executive agencies in the bureaucracy and Congress.
b
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a. conducting the experiment in the students' high school rather than a university laboratory b. testing all participants at 10:00 a.m. c. using a standardized set of instructions that are given by a tape recording d. testing all participants in the same room
Laws or regulations established by bureaucratic agencies on behalf of Congress are known as ______ laws or regulations.
a. administrative b. criminal c. regulatory d. statutory e. civil