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Necessary and Proper Clause

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What aspects of the Senate's design were intended to insulate it from transient shifts in public mood?

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What aspects of the Senate's design were intended to insulate it from transient shifts in public mood?

A. One third of the Senate's membership stand for reelection every 2 years, ensuring continuity
C. Senators were chosen by state legislatures.

The "necessary and proper clause"

C. provides lawmakers with the single most expansive grant of power in the Constitution so lawmakers have authority over many different spheres of public policy.

An important difference between the powers of the House and Senate is that all bills raising revenue:

B. originate in the House, with the Senate having an unrestricted right to amend them

Since the 1964 Supreme Court case Wesberry v. Sanders, congressional districts must have which of the following?

B. equal populations

Which of the following statements about congressional elections is most accurate?

C. Winning reelection is essential to everything members want to achieve in office as is the party winning the majority.