Congress at work
directions: true/false in the blank, indicate whether the statement is true (t) or false (f).
1. members of congress are influenced by constituents.
2. members of congress may hold town hall meetings with constituents.
3. members of congress may be influenced only by leaders from their own party.
4. the president is not allowed to appeal directly to members of congress and cannot try
to influence them to pass bills or resolutions.
5. lobbyists may ask congress to write bills, but the lobbyists may not write bills themselves.

Adefendant charged with driving while intoxicated pleaded not guilty and insisted on a trial. right before the trial began, he fired his attorney and decided to defend himself. at one point during opening arguments, the defendant began to act like a cat, meowing and chasing an imaginary squirrel out of the courtroom. if no one else raises the issue of the defendant's competency to stand trial, what is the responsibility of the trial judge here? a) the trial judge has no responsibility, because the defendant decided to defend himself. b) the trial judge has no responsibility, because she cannot decide whether the defendant is competent to stand trial. c) the trial judge must raise the issue of competency, because the defendant is representinghimself. d) the trial judge must raise the issue of competency, because the constitution obligates her to do.