A congressional committee that holds a hearing to determine whether the Department of Agriculture is administering the food stamp program as Congress intended is engaging in legislative oversight. legitimizing behavior. logrolling. agenda setting. micro-investigation. {Ans: legislative oversight.}Gerrymandering contributes to the increasing pattern of polarization between the two parties in the House. more compromise and bipartisan behavior in Congress. fewer advantages for incumbents. politics driven by ideology. A and D {Ans: A and D}National supremacy required the Supreme Court to impose ____ on national law; otherwise, the Constitution's meaning would vary from state to state individuality neutrality mandates uniformity All of these {Ans: uniformity}The minority counterpart to a committee chairperson is called a ranking majority member. vice chairperson. minority whip. ranking minority member. ranking assistant chair. {Ans: ranking minority member.}When the framers were designing the American presidency, they were primarily concerned with achieving a balance between freedom and order. freedom and equality. equality and order. liberty and freedom. None of these {Ans: freedom and order.}Congress long relied on ____— the two parties working together—in policymaking. cloture apprenticeship bipartisanship partisanship congressional campaigning {Ans: bipartisanship}When an election immediately follows a new U.S. census, incumbents typically enjoy the