CLEP American Government
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Joint committee
Statement in Constitution that individuals have the freedom to engage in religious practices
Compromise members of both houses and are primarily responsible for fact finding and raising awareness of particular problems and issues; they rarely report bills to the House or Senate
Interest Groups such as businesses and unions establish PACs to channel money to political candidates and parties to support their causes.
Federal funding for projects that serve the interests of the constituents of certain members of Congress and that circumvent a direct allocation process by being attached to billsand often buried in the language of billsthat frequently have nothing whatsoever to do with those projects.