In congress, senators write new laws. laws begin as bills. a senator sends a new bill to a "group" of other lawmakers. this gathering of lawmakers votes to leave the bill as it is, make changes to it, or table it. if they vote to table it, nothing else happens. if it needs changes, it gets sent back to the senator who wrote it.

in the passage, which word best replaces the word "group"?
1. department
2. committee
3. government
4. section

According to section four, what is the most likely reason that a polyester blend fabric would make the project more difficult for amateur quilters?

Part b: which phrase from the text best support the answers to part a? a. “i don't want to talk to somebody when i go check in at an airport. i just either download the boarding pass to my phone or walk up to a kiosk and get it.” (paragraph 8) b. “you do not have to go far to find someone who disagrees with andrew mcafee, just around the corner to the office of another person at the same university.” (paragraph 11) c. “the set of things that machines do not do like humans is innumerable.” (paragraph 16) d. “you wonder if you're joining that long litany of voices who go down as having made the incorrect prediction one more time, but i think the facts are different this time.” (paragraph 23)

The reversalists continue their labors, confident that they will one day construct an engine that generates more compression than it uses, a perpetual power source that will restore to the universe its lost vigor. which theme is best supported by the excerpt? a. scientific study requires dedication and perseverance. b. people will always look for a way to achieve immortality. c. death must always be endured alone. d. change is difficult to accept but beneficial if embraced.