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1. Two agencies of the U.S. government are legally responsible for regulating cell phones. One of those agencies is the Federal Communications Commission. What is the other?
2. The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) falls under the jurisdiction of which major executive department of the U.S. government?
3. Here are the surnames of seven of the nine people who were Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 1, 2002: Rehnquist, O'Connor, Stevens, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy, Breyer. What are the surnames of the two Supreme Court Justices not listed here?
4. Which U.S. government agency is responsible for providing travel and transportation services, preserving historic buildings, and developing, advocating, and evaluating government-wide policies?
5. The U.S. Constitution specifies that Congress shall have the power to make treaties, provided that a majority of the members of both houses of Congress concur.
6. How long is a full term for members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (The Fed), and may a member who serves a full term be reappointed?
7. How long is the term of office for the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Fed, and may they be reappointed?
8. What is the nickname of the wholly government-owned corporation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), that was created in 1968 to serve low- to moderate-income homebuyers?
9. What does Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 specify?
10. What does the seventeenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution specify?
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