A Congressman Who Enthusiastically Supports Subsidies for Home Heating Oil

question 42

Multiple Choice

A congressman who enthusiastically supports subsidies for home heating oil but opposes regulation to control its price because his family owns a heating-oil distributorship is basing his policy preferences on

• A)personal interests.
• B)electoral ambitions.
• C)environmental interests.
• D)institutional ambitions.

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