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Social Security and veterans' pensions, which provide benefits to which individuals have a legal right and which cannot be reduced without changing the law, are also referred to as
 
  A) retroactive programs.
  B) discretionary spending.
  C) controllable spending.
  D) earmarks.
  E) entitlements.

Question 2

The text suggests that no one in Congress is responsible for the budget as a whole because
 
  A) one group in each house plans for revenues, and many other groups plan for spending.
  B) the executive branch dominates the process at every point.
  C) committee chairpersons make the critical decisions in secret.
  D) the election cycle creates too much turnover in membership.
  E) informal norms prevent members from revealing the sources of key decisions.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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