Question

How are political parties and legislative leadership related in state government? A) Legislative branches use a lottery system of the most senior party members to see who leads committees. B) The party with the fewest people is allowed to determine committee leadership in the legislature. C) The party with the most people in a legislative branch chooses who will lead the committees. D) Political parties and legislative leadership are in no way linked in state government.

Answer 1

The party with the most people in a legislative branch chooses who will lead the committees. Committee leadership is important because those leaders determine what issues are considered to be most important in that particular house of the legislature.

Answer 2

It helps set priorities.
C)The party with the most people in a legislative branch chooses who will lead the committees.