According to the Analytical Framework Presented in Figure 12

question 206

Multiple Choice

According to the analytical framework presented in Figure 12.2,

• A) Congress was poised to reform social security in 2005 but President Bush did not use enough White House resources to place social security on the policy agenda.
• B) most Americans supported social security reform.
• C) even moderate Republicans in the Senate opposed social security reform.
• D) with unprecedented party unity, Democrats were able to filibuster social security reform efforts in the Senate.
• E) interest groups were absent from the political linkages of social security reform.

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