The Oversight Responsibility of Congress Is

question 5

Multiple Choice

The oversight responsibility of Congress is

• A)relatively easy to carry out.
• B)becoming less and less important to the nation.
• C)more interesting to most legislators than policy making responsibilities.
• D)the most time consuming task for most legislators.
• E)None of these answers is correct.

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Definitions:

Marginal Benefit

The enhancement in satisfaction or utility that comes from acquiring or making an additional unit of a product or service.

Pollution Control

The implementation of measures to reduce or eliminate the emission of pollutants into the environment.

Pollution Abatement

Measures and efforts taken to reduce, control, or eliminate pollution from a particular source.

Negative Externalities

Costs that are suffered by a third party as a result of an economic transaction that they were not directly involved in.