In Recent Years, How Have Congressional Party Leaders Sought to Augment

question 142

Multiple Choice

In recent years, how have congressional party leaders sought to augment their formal powers?

• A)fundraising for members, including the use of leadership political action committees (PACs)
• B)limiting campaign spending to focus resources on the administrative and intellectual core of the party organization
• C)setting affirmative action quotas on their leadership and membership
• D)encouraging members to neglect their constituencies
• E)building relationships with foreign leaders

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Definitions:

Causal Relationship

A connection between two events where one directly influences or causes the other.

Causal Arguments

Arguments that establish a cause-and-effect relationship between two or more things.

Inductive Argument

A type of reasoning in which the premises seek to supply strong evidence for (not absolute proof of) the truth of the conclusion.

Positive Correlation

The incidence of one event increases when the second one increases.