When Senator Thad Cochran Inserted Language into the Bill Funding

question 9

Multiple Choice

When Senator Thad Cochran inserted language into the bill funding the war in Iraq that provided $250 million for "disaster relief" for Southern catfish farmers, it illustrated which principle of congressional action?

• A)policy allocation
• B)central frequency
• C)the distributive tendency
• D)interest-group pluralism
• E)the Southern strategy

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