Question 1
Iron triangles accurately depict the relationships among congressional committees, interest groups, and bureaucratic agencies, but the full range of politics is best seen when one looks at ______.
◦ issue networks
◦ departments
◦ the spoils system
◦ bureaucratic discretion
Question 2
President Obama’s appointments to the bureaucracy differed from President George W. Bush’s appointments in that ______.
◦ President Bush’s appointments were made with policy expertise in mind while President Obama’s were based on loyalty
◦ the most important criterion in President Obama’s appointments appears to have been ideology
◦ President Obama’s appointments were more likely to be made on the basis of policy expertise
◦ President Bush’s appointees were chosen to strengthen the agencies in carrying out their traditional functions
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