When Senator Thad Cochran Inserted Language into a Bill Funding

question 75

Multiple Choice

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

• A)policy allocation
• B)central frequency
• C)the distributive tendency
• D)the Southern strategy

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