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evelyn o bentley

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In Congress, seniority
 
  a. means nothing.
  b. is the only thing that lets a member vote against his or her party.
  c. plays a major role in selecting chairs of committees.
  d. is only significant in the House.
  e. allows members to serve more than two terms.

Question 2

The process of legislators trading votes on pieces of legislation of unconcern to them in order to get votes from those legislators on issues that matter to their district is called
 
  a. trade-offs.
  b. logrolling.
  c. log-splitting.
  d. scratching-the-back.
  e. gerrymandering.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 9, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b


evelyn o bentley

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Reply 2 on: Jul 9, 2018
Excellent

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