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10 Cards in this Set
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An underlying assumption in the concept of descriptive representation is that...?
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Minorities can be effectively represented by only people of their kind
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What is an argument in favor of term limits?
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Incumbant member of Congress have enormous enhernt advantages that make elections unfair and ultimately thwart the will of the people
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If the president neither signs nor vetoes a bill within 10 days WHILE Congress is in session, the bill...?
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Becomes a law
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THe advantage of incumbancy may be less in the Senate than in the House b/c?
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Senate seats attract better known challengers than do house seats
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The growth in the staffs of reps, senators, and committees has resulted in...?
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An increasein oversight of executive branch agencies.
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Most democrats outside of the US have...?
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Parlaimentary Systems
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Compared with the leaders of the past the leaders of the senate today...?
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Are more likely to lead through agreement and concensus building.
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Th enumber of women serving in the Congress...?
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has increased dramatically following the last few elections
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In the 1980's Congress and the Supreme Ct encouraged states to...?
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Consider race in an affirmative way in drawing district lines
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In his first term Newt Gingrich's style of Speaker of the House was...?
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Similar to that of the powerful speakers of the first half of teh 20th century
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