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Does a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lie in its ability to set specific guidelines after receiving a general mandate from Congress?
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yes
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Does a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lie in its role in moving legislation out of sub-committees?
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no
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Does a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lie in its role in mediating interstate conflicts?
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no
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Does a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lie in its ability to convince Congress to fund most projects it supports?
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no
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Does a fundamental source of power for the federal bureaucracy lie in its ability to mobilize public opinion in support of legislative initiatives?
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no
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Do Cabinet members seldom have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because presidential goals often conflict with the institutional goals of individual cabinet-level agencies?
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yes
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Do Cabinet members seldom have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because cabinet members generally maintain close independent ties to Congress?
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no
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Do Cabinet members seldom have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because cabinet members generally view their position only as a stepping-stone to further their own
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no
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Do Cabinet members seldom have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because cabinet members are not permitted to disagree publicly with the President?
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no
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Do Cabinet members seldom have a dominant influence on presidential decision-making because only half of all cabinet members can be members of the President's party?
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no; there is no limit how many cabinet members can be members of the President's party
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Is a reason for the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies that agencies often have political support from interest groups?
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yes
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Is a reason for the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies that agency staff often have information and technical expertise that the President and presidential advisers lack?
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yes
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Is a reason for the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies that civil servants who remain in their jobs through changes of administration develop loyalties to their agencies?
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yes
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Is a reason for the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies that Congress is a competitor for influence over the bureaucracy?
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yes
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Is a reason for the President's difficulty in controlling cabinet-level agencies that the President can only fire appointees before they have been confirmed by the Senate?
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no; President may fire appointees at any time
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Is an advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process that bureaucrats usually have a continuity of service in the executive branch that the President lacks?
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yes
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Is an advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process that control the budgetary process?
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no; Congress has control of the budgetary process
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Is an advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process that have an independence from the President that is guaranteed by the Constitution?
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no
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Is an advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process that find it easier to marshal public support than does the President?
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no
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Is an advantage that bureaucrats in federal government have over the President in the policymaking process that have better access to the media than does the President?
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no
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Is one of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy authorization of spending?
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yes
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Is one of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy the line-item veto?
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no
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Is one of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy impoundment bills?
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no
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Is one of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy private bills?
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no
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Is one of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy senatorial courtesy?
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no
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Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) an example of an independent agency?
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yes
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Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) an example of a regulatory agency?
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no
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Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) an example of aa government corporation?
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no
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Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) an example of a government department?
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no
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Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) an example of a federal board?
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no
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Is authority over the printing of currency held by the Department of the Treasury?
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yes
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Is authority over the printing of currency held by the Office of Management and Budget?
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no
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Is authority over the printing of currency held by the Council of Economic Advisors?
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no
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Is authority over the printing of currency held by the Federal Reserve Board?
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no
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Is authority over the printing of currency held by the House Appropriations Committee?
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no
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Is responsibility for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress held by the Office of Management and Budget?
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yes
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Is responsibility for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress held by the Treasury Department?
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no
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Is responsibility for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress held by the Council of Economic Advisors?
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no
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Is responsibility for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress held by the Federal Trade Commission?
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no
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Is responsibility for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress held by the Department of Commerce?
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no
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Is it true of independent regulatory agencies that they tend to be freer from presidential control than are cabinet departments?
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yes
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Is it true of independent regulatory agencies that they tend to have larger budgets than cabinet departments?
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no
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Is it true of independent regulatory agencies that they are directly supervised by cabinet departments?
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no
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Is it true of independent regulatory agencies that they provide a product or service directly to the public?
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no
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Is it true of independent regulatory agencies that they are insulated from contact with interest groups?
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no
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Is it true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate that agency employees are often recruited from the regulated industry?
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yes
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Is it true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate that agencies often rely on support from regulated industries in making budget requests before Congress?
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yes
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Is it true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate that an agency’s relationship with a regulated industry may change when a new President takes office?
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yes
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Is it true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate that agency employees often are employed by the regulated agency once they leave the agency?
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yes
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Is it true about the relationship between regulatory agencies and the industries they regulate that agencies usually make decisions without consulting the regulated industry?
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no
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Do the activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on bank interest rates?
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yes
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Do the activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on government spending?
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no
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Do the activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on oil prices?
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no
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Do the activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on . troop-strength levels of the armed services?
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no
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Do the activities of the Federal Reserve Board have the most direct influence on availability of scarce minerals?
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no
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Do "fiscal policies" refer to the government’s power to tax and spend?
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yes
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Do "fiscal policies" refer to the government’s power to regulate specific industries?
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no
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Do "fiscal policies" refer to the government’s power to reapportion congressional seats?
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no
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Do "fiscal policies" refer to the government’s power to control the supply of money?
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no
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Do "fiscal policies" refer to the government’s power to enforce treaties?
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no
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Are the three points of an iron triangle an administrative agency, an interest group, and a congressional committee?
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yes
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Are the three points of an iron triangle an independent agency, a state, and a member of Congress?
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no
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Are the three points of an iron triangle a cabinet department, and the House majority leader?
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no
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Are the three points of an iron triangle a regulatory commission, a corporation, and the White House Office?
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no
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Are the three points of an iron triangle the Executive Office of the President, an interest group, and a Senate committee?
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no
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Is the largest source of federal revenue the income tax?
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yes
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Is the largest source of federal revenue the capital gains tax?
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no
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Is the largest source of federal revenue the Social Security tax?
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no
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Is the largest source of federal revenue the property tax?
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no
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Is the largest source of federal revenue the sales tax?
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no
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What is a "regressive tax"?
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A tax whereby poor citizens pay a higher percentage of their incomes compared with wealthier citizens.
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Does federal spending determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process include entitlement programs such as Social Security?
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yes
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Does federal spending determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process include military procurement?
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no
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Does federal spending determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process include regulatory agency funding?
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no
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Does federal spending determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process include government-subsidized housing programs?
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no
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Does federal spending determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process include educational assistance programs such as student loans?
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no
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Is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget the size of the previous year's budget?
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yes
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Is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget the preferences of the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee?
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no
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Is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget the budget recommendations of the National Education Association?
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no
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Is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget the rate of increase of teachers' salaries?
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no
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Is the best predictor of the Department of Education's annual budget the number of children entering kindergarten?
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no
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Does the following policy involve more state spending than federal spending: education?
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yes
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Does the following policy involve more state spending than federal spending: military policy?
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no
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Does the following policy involve more state spending than federal spending: social security?
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no
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Does the following policy involve more state spending than federal spending: Medicare?
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no
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Does the following policy involve more state spending than federal spending: veterans affairs?
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no
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Is the form of financial aid from the national government that gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money "block grants"?
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yes
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Is the form of financial aid from the national government that gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money "categorical grants-in-aid"?
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no
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Is the form of financial aid from the national government that gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money "foreign aid"?
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no
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Is the form of financial aid from the national government that gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money "unfunded mandates"?
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no
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Is the form of financial aid from the national government that gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money "military funding"?
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no
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