The correct answer is B
Congress has two houses: the senate and the house of representatives. The Answer A, president pro tempore of the Senate is wrong- this person is not even the most important person in senate, only the second most important. In fact the highest person in the senate is the Vice President of the United States. On the other hand, the highest person in the house of representatives is the Speaker of the House. So we know it's either B or D. Now, the question is tricky, as neither of the chambers of the senate is officially more importnat. Additionally vice-president is higher in the line to the succession to the President's office.
However, it is usually assumed that the Speaker represents the Congress as a whole, and that's why i'd go with B.
Answer:
the fact that tenements were built with little concern for the people who would live in them
the fact that tenements were overcrowded
the fact that tenement conditions led to disease and death
The full sentence is as follows:
To force a bill out of committee, A DISCHARGE petition must be signed by a majority of the representatives.
A discharge petition refers to a petition that is used in the house of representative to force a bill out of the committee unto the floor of the house for a vote. For the petition to be successful, 218 members of the house have to vote in its favor.
The disintegration of the Abbasid Caliphate most directly led to the rise of Turkic states in the 13th Century.
Answer: Option 2
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The end of the Abbasid Caliphate happened at the hands of Mongols who took over Baghdad and finished the Abbasid Caliphate in the latter half of the thirteenth century.
It was after the downfall of the Abbasid Caliphate that the emerging Ottomans secured new strength and the establishment of Turkic states by the Ottomans began.
