A government financed program that requires potential recipients to show that they are poor in order to claim benefits

In order to build support in Congress for their legislative agenda, presidents have often relied on

a. gerrymandering. b. promises of patronage. c. Supreme Court decisions. d. the franking privilege. e. executive agreements.

What is infotainment?

a. The packaging of foreign policy in a simplistic manner so as not to burden the common citizen with multifaceted origins and political complexities b. The promotion of humanitarian issues through soft news sources such as This Week and Meet the Press c. The use of multiple sources of entertainment—such as television, newspapers, and the Web—by the government to draw attention to foreign aid initiatives d. Celebrity endorsements of humanitarian groups to promote specific causes and raise money