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mpobi80

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What did the Brownlow Committee unanimously recommend in 1936?
 
  a. The presidents power should be reduced to give Congress greater oversight over the bureaucracy.
  b. The presidents power should be enhanced to give the president greater authority as manager of the
  bureaucracy.
  c.
  The presidents power should remain the same and a special cabinet position should be created to
  manage the bureaucracy and report to the president.
  d.
  The bureaucracy should be reduced so that substantive policy changes would not have to be made
  during a time of economic crisis.
  e.
  Congressional power and presidential power over the bureaucracy should be equal so that the
  president can use his time to focus on important issues rather than details.

Question 2

By the 1930s the federal bureaucracy had grown significantly. In response, President Roosevelt in 1936 created the Brownlow Commission. What was the purpose of this commission?
 
  a. to identify funding sources in order to expand the federal governments reach
  b. to investigate ways in which the president could circumvent the powers of Congress
  c. to reduce the number of federal agencies
  d. to investigate how to make the growing bureaucracy more efficient and more responsive to the president
  e. to expand U.S. military powers throughout Europe and Asia



durant1234

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D



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