What Is the BIGGEST Reason That Congress Does Not Vigorously

question 16

Multiple Choice

What is the BIGGEST reason that Congress does not vigorously pursue its oversight function?

• A) the sheer magnitude of the task
• B) its inadequacy as a means to control the bureaucracy
• C) its inadequacy as a means to control the power of the president
• D) its inadequacy as a way to generate publicity for members of Congress
• E) its inadequacy as a means to control the judiciary

---

Definitions:

Linguistic Relativity

The hypothesis that the structure of a language influences its speakers' worldview or cognition, suggesting that language and thought are interdependent.

Phonology

Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in natural languages.

Phonetics

The study of speech sounds.

Phrenology

The idea (now discredited) that psychological strengths and weaknesses could be precisely correlated to the relative sizes of different brain areas.