Social Security is an example of the allowance model of the budget, in which Congress allocates a lump sum to an agency and instructs it to meet its expenses throughout the fiscal year

Judges and justices in the federal court system are

A. appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. B. appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives. C. appointed by the president with the advice and consent of both houses of Congress. D. part of a seniority system that gradually moves them toward the Supreme Court. E. elected by the people every ten years.

When the American people feel that the federal bureaucracy has failed, the president acts as a ______ for public outrage.

a. shaking stick b. focal point c. lightning rod d. point of protest