The Texas Senate has 31 members. Assuming that all senators are present and voting, how many senators must agree in order to end a filibuster?

The largest single functional category of state spending in Texas is

a. health and human services. b. general government. c. education. d. public safety and corrections. e. business and economic development.

Which of the following events in the post-World War II period probably brought the United States and the Soviet Union closest to nuclear war?

A) Building of the Berlin Wall B) Cuban Missile Crisis C) Korean War D) U.S. involvement in Vietnam