Congress is prohibited from passing __________, which is defined as a criminal law retroactively applied to those who engaged in activities when they were not yet illegal

Once a bill has been introduced in Congress, what is typically the next step in the process?

a. conference committee b. debate on the floor c. referral to a committee d. selection of the bill's sponsor

The rational-material view assumes that people are fundamentally interested in _____

a. military strength and power b. personal comfort and security c. limited government and economic liberty d. acting in ways that advance their ideals in the political sphere