A Five-Term Member of the House Has Developed a Reputation

question 48

Multiple Choice

A five-term member of the House has developed a reputation as being particularly successful at securing federal resources for his district to revitalize the historic downtown area, build new bridges, and repair dilapidated roads and sidewalks.This member of the House of Representatives has also been criticized for accepting large campaign contributions from agricultural entities that maintain substantial interests in the rural areas of the district.This legislator defends his actions as necessary to win reelection.After five terms, the representative abruptly decides he will retire at the end of his next term for personal reasons.In the following two years, he fails to obtain any federal resources for his district but continues to accept campaign contributions from the agricultural industry and advocate for agricultural interests in the hope of obtaining a job as a lobbyist with an agricultural group.This scenario is an example of which kind of behavior?

• A)institutional
• B)democratic
• C)irrational
• D)ideological
• E)instrumental

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Supply And Demand

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Trend Analysis

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