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Which of the following was not a landmark court case that helped pave the way for corporations and labor unions to create super-PACs, which can raise and spend an unlimited amount of money in elections?

When a lawmaker issues a public, judgmental statement on an event or policy issue that is of interest to their constituents, he is _____________.

____________________ committees are (usually) temporary fixtures operating within a single congressional chamber that oversee, study, and investigate an event to produce a set of recommendations. Once they produce the recommendations, they are disbanded.

In 2022, the state legislature of Kansas proposed an amendment to the state’s constitution that would have effectively ended the right to an abortion within the state. The amendment was then submitted to the voters of Kansas, who considered and rejected the proposed amendment 59% to 41% in an election. This is an example of a(n) ____________________.

The _______________________ is recognized as the top party leader–or the public face of his or her party.

In congressional committees, the process in which the content of a bill is thoroughly reviewed and revised (i.e., edited) by committee members is called a ______________. Once a bill undergoes this process, committee members subsequently decide whether to report the bill to the floor.

Before a bill ultimately reaches the president’s desk for (dis)approval, it must pass both chambers with the same language and form. If both chambers pass different versions of the same bill, the bill is forwarded to a _______________, where differences are resolved.

If senators evenly split their support for and rejection of a bill, the _________________ is called into the chamber to break the tie.

Expand and simplify: 2(x + 7)(x – 2)

The area of a rectangle is given by the expression x² + 6x + 5. Jordan believes the possible dimensions are (x + 1) by (x + 5) or (x + 2) by (x + 3).Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.