A) the national, the state, and the local levels of government.
B) the media, the public, and the political parties.
C) Congress, the president, and the courts.
D) legislators, bureaucrats, and interest groups.
E) the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the president.
G) B) and C)
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A) The National Railroad Passenger Corporation
B) The Securities and Exchange Commission
C) The Federal Communications Commission
D) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
E) The National Labor Relations Board
G) C) and D)
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A) businesses owned by the federal government.
B) federal bureaucratic organizations that have a single function.
C) stockholder-owned government-sponsored enterprises.
D) organizations responsible for a specific type of public policy.
E) the major service organizations of the federal government.
G) C) and D)
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A) publishes the list of federal posts that are filled by appointments by the president after each presidential election.
B) lists the names of lobbyists who target the executive branch.
C) identifies the key pieces of legislation that authorize the federal government to act through its agencies.
D) summarizes the parts of the government bureaucracy and explains what each agency does.
E) lists the standard operating procedures to be followed by the federal government in specific circumstances.
G) A) and C)
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A) An iron triangle is a three-way alliance among the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the president.
B) An iron triangle helps in understanding the federal bureaucracy's role in policymaking.
C) An iron triangle is established in only certain parts of the bureaucracy of the federal government.
D) An iron triangle relationshipapplies to all policy domains.
E) An iron triangle is made up of people with differing policy concerns.
G) C) and D)
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A) It was one of the departments created by the federal government in 1789.
B) It is an independent regulatory agency of the federal government.
C) One of its principal duties is to enforce pure food and drug laws.
D) One of its subagencies is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
E) It develops and rehabilitates urban communities.
G) A) and C)
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A) Today, more Americans are employed by the manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy than by government.
B) All in all, the three levels of government employ more than 50 percent of the civilian labor force.
C) Most growth in government employment from 1959 to 2017 has been at the state and local levels.
D) Government employment has been more stable since 1959, when D. Eisenhower was elected president.
E) Government employment increased during President Ronald Reagan's first four years in office.
G) A) and B)
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A) the U.S. government cannot take control of private corporations in any situation.
B) the U.S. government does not have an agency with definite rules to protect its citizens abroad.
C) the United States has a relatively small federal budget compared to other countries.
D) the United States is the best example of a parliamentary system of government.
E) the United States suffers from excessive regulation.
G) B) and D)
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A) In this, the task of providing public services is opened up to competition.
B) This competition exists only between firms in the private sector.
C) Pay-for-performance plans are one form of managed competition.
D) In this, the task of providing private services is opened up to competition.
E) This competition exists only between government agencies.
G) A) and B)
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A) To grant patents and trademarks
B) To mint coins and print paper currency
C) To oversee resale of mortgages
D) To finance improvements in mass transit
E) To supervise Native American affairs
G) A) and E)
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A) To protect the public interest in a particular sector of the economy
B) To reinforce the role of the agencies in iron triangles
C) To create and implement rules that regulate private activity
D) To protect the agencies from partisan politics
E) To enable the agencies to exhibit neutral competency
G) A) and C)
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A) Individual income tax and taxes that are collected along with it
B) Corporate income tax
C) Income from the Social Security and Medicare trust funds
D) Funds obtained through borrowing
E) Sales tax and property tax
G) C) and D)
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