Study guide 417Practice Quiz Questions
- Waiting for a crisis to emerge before taking action is
called.
a police patrol oversight
b fire alarm oversight
c emergency room oversight
d reactionary oversight
e bureaucratic oversight - The most important reason for congressional oversight
is.
a to try to embarrass political opponents
b to help raise funds for a political campaign
c to support the president’s policy-making efforts
d to make sure that laws are implemented properly
e to amend previously passed legislation
Suggested Reading
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Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994.
Canon, David T. Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended
Consequences of Black Majority Districts. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1999.
Fenno, Richard F. Congressmen in Committees. Boston: Little,
Brown, 1973.
Hall, Richard L. Participation in Congress. New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 1996.
Jacobson, Gary C. The Politics of Congressional Elections, 8th ed. New
York: Pearson, 2012.
Lapinski, John S. The Substance of Representation: Congress, American
Political Development, and Lawmaking. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 2013.
Mayhew, David R. Congress: The Electoral Connection, 2nd ed. New
Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004.
Theriault, Sean. Party Polarization in Congress. New York: Cambridge
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