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penza

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Which statement explains why government bureaucracies tend to become influential interest groups?
 
  a. Bureaucrats in specialized agencies have a major role in crafting legislation.
  b. Bureaucrats in umbrella agencies have a major role in setting the legislative agenda.
  c. Bureaucrats in specialized agencies have a major role in vetting presidential appointees.
  d. Bureaucrats in umbrella agencies have a major role in getting Congressional candidates elected.

Question 2

Recent Supreme Court decisions loosened restrictions on campaign spending, allowing billionaires to exert unprecedented influence over U.S. elections.
 
  Which statement represents the way an elite theorist would most likely evaluate this development? a. The Supreme Court should not have a say over campaign finance rules.
  b. This is evidence of greater political competition in an increasingly open society.
  c. The Supreme Court has undermined democracy by tilting elections in favor of moneyed interests.
  d. This is evidence that elections are becoming more expensive as campaigns get more sophisticated.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c




penza

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Reply 2 on: Jul 13, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
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