首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
公务员
As midnight on September 30th approached,everybody on Capitol Hill blamed everybody else for the imminent shutdown of America’s
As midnight on September 30th approached,everybody on Capitol Hill blamed everybody else for the imminent shutdown of America’s
admin
2020-03-28
29
问题
As midnight on September 30th approached,everybody on Capitol Hill blamed everybody else for the imminent shutdown of America’s government.To a wondering world,the recriminations missed the point.When you are brawling on the edge of a cliff,the big question is not “Who is right?”,but “What the hell are you doing on the edge of a cliff?”
The shutdown itself is tiresome but bearable.The security services will remain on duty,pensioners will still receive their cheques and the astronauts on the International Space Station will still be able to breathe.Some 800,000 non-essential staff at federal agencies(out of 2.8 million)are given leaves without pay,while another 1.3 million are being asked to toil on without pay.Non-urgent tasks will be shelved until a deal is reached and the money starts to flow again.The trouble is,the shutdown is a symptom of a deeper problem:the federal lawmaking process is so polarized that it has become paralyzed.And if the two parties cannot bridge their differences by around October 17th,disaster looms.
It gets worse.Later this month the federal government will reach its legal borrowing limit,known as the “debt ceiling”.Unless Congress raises that ceiling.Uncle Sam will soon be unable to pay all his bills.In other words,unless the two parties can work together,America will have to close which of its obligations not to honor.It could slash spending so deeply that it causes a recession.Or it could default on its debts,which would be even worse,and unimaginably more harmful than a mere government shutdown.No one in Washington is that crazy,surely?
In the long term,America needs to tackle polarization.The problem is especially acute in the House,because many states let politicians draw their own electoral maps.Unsurprisingly,they tend to draw ultra-safe districts for themselves.This means that a typical congressman has no fear of losing a general election but is terrified of a primary challenge.Many therefore
pander to
extremists on their own side rather than forging sensible centrist deals with the other.This is no way to run a country.Electoral reforms,such as letting independent commissions draw district boundaries,would not suddenly make America governable,but they would help.It is time for less cliff-hanging,and more conmon sense.
Why does polarization is especially serious in the House of Representative?
选项
A、House Republicans get their priorities straight on their electoral map.
B、Politicians are free from drawing ultra-safe districts for themselves.
C、Many states allow politicians to draw voters over to their side.
D、Fixed district boundaries are drawn for politicians’ election.
答案
B
解析
细节题。根据题干关键词定位在文章最后一段。根据该段第三句“从长远来看,美国需要解决两极化的问题。这个问题在众议院中尤为严重,因为很多州让政治家们划分自己的选举地图。毫不意外,他们倾向于划分对自己特别安全的地区”可知,B项为正确答案。A项属于无中生有;C项偷换概念,原文说的是“很多州让政治家们划分自己的选举地图”;D项“为政治家选举划分了固定的地区边界”违背了第二句的内容,故排除。故本题选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/1ekY777K
本试题收录于:
银保监法律类题库国家公务员分类
0
银保监法律类
国家公务员
相关试题推荐
2018年,全国居民人均消费支出19853元,比上年名义增长8.4%,扣除价格因素,实际增长6.2%。其中,城镇居民人均消费支出26l12元,增长6.8%,扣除价格因素,实际增长4.6%;农村居民人均消费支出12124元,增长10.7%,扣除价格因素,实
难和易的对比,在“修身”的问题上,体现尤其明显。古人云“由俭入奢易,由奢入俭难”“不以善小而不为,不以恶小而为之”等,说的都是这个道理。的确,善的德和行,大多与节制、奉献、坚持有关,这要有更强的意志品质、更高的精神境界,因而显得尤其艰难。而恶德恶行,则往往
2016年1-4月,全国医疗卫生机构总诊疗人次达25.4亿人次,同比提高3.0%。其中:医院10.3亿人次,同比提高7.7%;基层医疗卫生机构14.3亿人次,同比降低0.6%;其他机构0.9亿人次。2015年第一季度,基层医疗卫生机构诊疗人次为(
甲公司与某乡政府达成捐赠100万元用于建设新小学的赠与合同。关于本赠与合同,下列说法正确的是:()
非法小广告并非一城之疾,根治也并非一城之事。单靠一地立法或各地分散立法,无法形成________的治理合力,相关的行政执法权威也难以________,更难达到治本之效。填入画横线部分最恰当的一项是:()
下列有关前沿科技的应用及评价,表述不正确的是:
今天的青年,有着同先辈们一样的“处处为国家着想”的赤子之心,一样的“把有限的生命投入到无限的为人民服务中去”的凛然担当。他们享受生活,但同时也勇于担当职责;他们关注个人权益,但同时也懂得尊重集体和他人福祉;他们主张自主选择,但也并不缺乏家国情怀、奉献精神,
截至2019年3月31日,证券业协会对证券公司2019年第一季度经营数据进行了统计。131家证券公司当期实现营业收入1018.94亿元,同比增长54.47%。 其中,各主营业务收入分别为代理买卖证券业务净收入(含席位租赁)221.49亿元,同比增长13
NewYorkandLondonmayruletheroost,butotherfinancialhubsinAmericaandEuropehavemanagedtocarveoutusefulspecialis
中国人民银行对()有权进行检查监督。
随机试题
类风湿性关节炎
某产妇,30岁,产前检查被诊断为慢性乙型肝炎。4小时前自然临产,护士对她进行了分娩期护理和健康指导。为了防止新生儿感染乙肝,指导和护理措施中,错误的是
误差按其产生的原因和对观测结果影响性质的不同,可以分为()。
税务机关依照有关法律、法规的规定,按照一定的程序,核定纳税人在一定经营时期内的应纳税经营额及收益额,并以此为计税依据,确定其应纳税额。这种征收方式属于()。
零件的加工精度包括()。
比赛:裁判
Ittookdecadestoprovethatcigarettesmokingcausescancer,heartdisease,andearlydeath.Ittook【C1】______yearstoestabli
NarratorListentopartofalectureinanarchitectureclass.Nowgetreadytoanswerthequestions.Youmayuseyournotesto
About25millionautoaccidentsoccurintheUnitedStateseachyear.Approximately5millionpeopleareinjuredintheseacci
MediaSelectionforAdvertisementsA)Afterdeterminingthetargetaudienceforaproductorservice,advertisingagenciesmusts
最新回复
(
0
)