A Congresswoman Is Explaining That She Occasionally Votes for Bills

question 23

Multiple Choice

A congresswoman is explaining that she occasionally votes for bills that need, but do not contain, provisions for funding because:

• A) appropriations bills are usually considered in specific years.
• B) once the bill has passed, it is often easier to find funding for it.
• C) she can support the cause without having to find money for it.
• D) there isn't enough money left in the budget for some issues.

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Definitions:

Indentured Servants

Individuals who agreed to work for a set period without wages in exchange for passage to the New World.

Chesapeake Tobacco Planters

Landowners and farmers in the Chesapeake Bay region who cultivated tobacco as a cash crop during the colonial and early national periods of American history.

Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake

Refers to the region and period relating to the Chesapeake Bay in the 1600s marked by the establishment of English colonial societies based on tobacco farming and indentured servitude.

Artisans

Skilled manual workers who craft goods or products with their hands, often resulting in unique, functional art or functional items.