Which of the following explains the reason for a short, biennial legislative session with low salaries for legislators?

a. It enables participation by citizen legislators.
b. It ensures that the legislature will be dominated by people who work for or own businesses that do business with the state or are regulated by the state.
c. It is a very efficient way to run a legislature.
d. It is an effective way to meet the needs of Texas today.
e. It ensures that the legislature is dominated by policy experts.

b. It ensures that the legislature will be dominated by people who work for or own businesses that do business with the state or are regulated by the state.

Political Science

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Which statement best captures FDR's beliefs about the presidency as it related to the federal bureaucracy?

A) The president should defer to Congress on bureaucratic questions. B) The president occupies a special place atop the bureaucracy as chief administrator. C) The president plays a minimal role in guiding and managing the federal bureaucracy. D) The president shares control of the federal bureaucracy equally with the legislative branch.

Political Science

Anthropogenic climate change refers to:

a. changes to the climate caused by human activity b. carbon dioxide emissions from volcanic activity c. the earth’s cycle of warming and cooling d. the inability of the ocean’s to absorb any more carbon dioxide

Political Science