A discharge petition does which of the following?
a. brings a bill directly to the floor without committee approval when signed by a majority of House members
b. discharges a bill from further consideration by the House once a committee has voted it down
c. is a mechanism for removing a member of the House from office for bad conduct such as treason or the commission of a felony
d. is the procedure through which all bills passed in the House are transmitted to the Senate for consideration
a. brings a bill directly to the floor without committee approval when signed by a majority of House members
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Collectivism is the term applied to the
a. governing philosophy supporting the United Kingdom's participation in the European Union. b. belief that ordinary citizens should take control over their lives and shift the balance of power downward from the state to communities and individual citizens. c. support for trade unionism in the United Kingdom. d. consensus that drove politics in the postwar period and presupposed that the state should take on more responsibility for economic governance and social welfare provisions. e. consensus that the British government should take control of its defense industries in order to successfully wage war during war time conditions.
Which of the following is a characteristic of picket-fence federalism?
A. Federal and state governments maintain diverse and sovereign powers. B. Specific policies and programs are administered by all levels of government. C. Powerful states are given increased power to decide how they should spend government revenues. D. State and local governments compete for businesses and citizens. E. Levels of government act as the vertical picket on the fence.